I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.

Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?

....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes.

Only dead surpasses the sufferings

Victory stands on the back of sacrifice.

Nothing consoles and comforts like certainty does.

Outdated ideas inevitably lead to outdated behaviors.

It's all fun and games until somebody dies.

Cardiovascular disease is a major complication of diabetes.

During the fight my senses dim, and basically, I don't feel any pain.

All you really have... is now.

It doesn't matter to me what the genre is.

There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry.