Quinn wanted to make her see that people didn't live like this

They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.But now I knew that every mad word was true.

Love is the key to the heart.

I am thinking of our family's womenas faraway bulbs, their historywith crippling loss, and how I am pieced together, shell and sand, from the spine of their collective strength.

I un-gritted my teeth to speak. "I need no more proof of tyranny.""Our only desire is the wellbeing of the common man.""I am not a man.

Religion teaches us to fight against our natural instincts but it thrives on them

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

The beatings, the beatings were so normal to me. The abuse was just routine. I didn't wake up the next day and say, 'Dre, why did you hit me?' We never talked about it the next day. Never.

When you have a heart to serve and help others it unlocks something in you

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.