it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations

what drives you crazy what keeps you up at night

you must understand the difference between want and need you may want that boy but you certainly don't need him

you must enter a relationship with yourself before anyone else

do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you

if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise

to be soft is to be powerful

accept yourself as you were designed

other women's bodies are not our battlegrounds

i have what i have and i am happy i've lost what i've lost and i am still happy

if the hurt comes so will the happiness

how you love yourself is how you teach others to love you

you are your own soul mate

some people are so bitter to them you must be kindest

if you are not enough for yourself you will never be enough for someone else

you must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first

The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up.

Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy.

A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.

I am deeply concerned about the impact of poverty on children because poverty can destroy their future and bind them to a life of misery.

We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.

I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.

I quite like ABBA.

The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the surface. The story is such that 500 years from now people will be writing and reading about it.

Not another flag has such an errand carrying everywhere the world around such hope for freedom such glorious tidings.

I'm the messiest person I know.

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

It is important that you recognized your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing.

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

Early on, I wrote a letter to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was 17. I felt called, moved.

The police need to come down to street level.

Yes, stop your beliefs for a few moments now and then and Be-Life.

There are a lot of wonderful books out there that aren't marketed properly, and readers who might love them never even know they exist.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.

I'm not a morning person.

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.

I love to live in a magical place.