We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

Who wants to live with one foot in hell just for the sake of nostalgia Our time is forever now.

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.

writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind.

The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.

Some feminists feel that a woman should never be wrong. We have a right to be wrong.

Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter.

Some truth has no nourishment in it.

Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly.

She has no interest in human quarrels, for they are often petty and always pointless.

Overachievers look forward to the finish line, underachievers look back to see who they are beating.

There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we are not to become so preoccupied with its activities that it takes the place of God.

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

Most of life is grey, with a little tiny bit of black and white.

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose.

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy

What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse.