I Did Take The Blows [of Life],

Sex Was A Pleasurable Form Of Exercise, Like Dancing.

One Day I Realized I Was Living In A Country Where I Was Afraid To Be Black. It Was Only A Country For White People. Not Black. So I Left. I Had Been Suffocating In The United States... A Lot Of Us Left, Not Because We Wanted To Leave, But Because We Couldn't Stand It Anymore... I Felt Liberated In Paris.

What Am I Most Ashamed Of In My Life? Not Keeping My Promise To My Sister And Being Too Scared Of America To Attend Her Funeral.

I Believe If The White And Colored People Could Get Together And Be Let Alone, They Would Understand Each Other And Consequently Love Each Other.

The Things We Truly Love Stay With Us Always, Locked In Our Hearts As Long As Life Remains.