To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights "the servile house," and who would rather make odes than beds.

Women receive he insults of men with tolerance, having been bitten in the nipple by their toothless gums.

memory is a storm I can't repel.

Prayer is our voice

On this day of love, embrace the freedom, to not just give love - but to receive it, too.

I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier.

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom!

This is the worst drug epidemic I've seen in my lifetime.

Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

I'd once heard a spiritual "riddle" that went like this: "What's the only thingin heaven that's the same as it was on earth?"The answer: the wounds in Jesus' hands and feet.

It is pretty hard to talk about responsibility unless you have exercised it yourself.