Sorrow for not understanding like I understand now the unpredictable, profound journey that marriage is.
Ruby DeeParadise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other.
Ruby DeeYou meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days.
Ruby DeeThe kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.
Ruby DeeWe both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are.
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