Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.

Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

All riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had.

I know why the caged bird sings.

If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something, you have given all you had to give, then the time has come when you can do no more than say thank you and move on.