"To be human, one must be able to laugh. To be human, one must be able to weep."

"The very thing that you are looking for is that which is looking."

"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not feel cheated by God in any way."

"I do not choose to be a common woman. It is my right to be uncommon… if I can."