We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.

Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.