As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

Be the rainbow in someone else's cloud.

If a person - any human being - is told often enough, "You are nothing. You are nothing. You account for nothing. You count for nothing. You are less than a human being. I have no visibility of you", the person finally begins to believe it.

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

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.