Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men. Historically, black women have always sheltered their men because they were out there, and they were the ones that were most likely to be killed.

We're all surrounded by what I call faux language, fake language of commerce, of news media.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

I don't do the things other people call "play."

[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time.

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.