It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

Heaven's Virginia when the year's at its Spring.

Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

How many relationships have broken down because of gossip or a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can’t be taken back

Our scars make us who we are. Some scars are just deeper than others.

The foreigners come out here always to teach, whereas they had much better learn, for, in everything but wits and knowledge, the Arab is generally the better man of the two.

I build an entire fort out of pillows. I need at least four pillows. I need on each side, I need one normal usage pillow for the back of my head, and I need another pillow just in case.

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me.

Our infinite obligations to God do not fill our hearts half as much as a petty uneasiness of our own; nor His infinite perfections as much as our smallest wants.

In America, we love to give people second chances too - as long as you admit you were wrong and come back and do it the right way.

Brief life is here our portion.

I don't get sick. I can't afford to get sick.

I have enough to last for the rest of my life.