The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The black goddess within each of us - the poet - whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

You don't realize it and that is why you hate who you are. You are living as someone else, so you unknowingly destroy that image everyday.

There was no denying it. Boys grabbed him. Their loveliness tore him apart. The world was a wonder after all.

In dividing the light, things are seen. And we notice ourselves.

Sometimes, my books start with a scene I see in my mind, such as a woman in a wedding dress running away from her wedding like in 'Embers of Love.' Sometimes, a book can start with a character.

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace.

Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still.

If you put enough sheep together you have a herd- a force to be reckoned with.

You know all these stadiums that U2 are playing? I've played in them. And I'm building up to it again.

This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.