If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida. It was so blatant... I had never been so described as Florida described me.

If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

My mother was the most amazing person. She taught me to be kind to other women. She believed in family. She was with my father from the first day they met. All that I am, she taught me.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.