There is an intimate laughter to be found only among friends

That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valleys. I am ripples of waves on silver seas. I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

To those who are given much, much is expected.

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.