Life Is A Marvelous, Transitory Adventure.

Show Me Someone Not Full Of Herself And I'll Show You A Hungry Person.

Being Black And Poor Is, I Think, Radically Different From Being Anything Else And Poor. Poor, To Most Blacks, Is A State Of Mind. Those Who Accept It Are Poor; Those Who Struggle Are Middle Class.

The Nature Of Tragedy And Accident Is That We Cannot Predict.

I Think We're Always In Love. It's That Simple. And It's Important To Remember That Love Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Sex. It's Two Different Things. Being In Love Is The Happy Part. I Was Teasing My Gentleman, "we Know That You're In Love When You Cook For Us." It's True. When Men Cook For You, They're In Love.

Poetry Is Music Though, Unfortunately, Not All Music Is Poetry. Because Music Has Other Carriers To Take Its Message - Beats, Lyrics, Singers, Bass Players - Anyone In Music Can Rise To Make A Major Statement But In Poetry There Are Only Words To Do The Work. And They Do Sometimes Have To Sweat.