It is the very thing I thought I could never be that the real me has settled into like a puzzle. Who would have thought I could be me?

Feels so good to be quoted

The voice of a Black woman should always be HERSELF ...No edits - no erasure - no pressure - no expectations - no additions - no intruders

In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve its sacredness

The most beautiful thing is that despite the shallow life we sometimes succumb to - the soul has no timeline and it knows what it wants and will yearn within until it seeks the journey

Look within - there is no end!

I am art. I am authentic. I am love. I am me.

Because books saved my life, literally, I've become close to them

It's actually such a tragedy that I live in a world that is inspired by me putting my body or mental state on the line

How do I negotiate my way across life with a system that I find so violent yet it seems so normal to many others?

In being everything for everyone, when am I anything for myself?

He shot to his feet, faced off against her. "No more mercy for ye, Valkyrie." Holding nothing back, he launched a haymaker at her

You are what you love, not who loves you.

I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.

Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of 'The Bachelor.'

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord.

After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published.

I was always told to be a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the parlor and a wh--e in the bedroom.

I want to go out on my terms.

She has teeth like stars and hair like sheep fuzz