When We Find Someone Who Is Brave,

I Write Because I Am A Black Woman, Listening Attentively To Her People.

I Keep Hitting The Escape Button But I Am Still Here!

There Is Nothing So Pitiful As A Young Cynic Because He Has Gone From Knowing Nothing To Believing Nothing.

If You Have A Song To Sing, Who Are You Not To Open Your Mouth And Sing To The World?

I Believe What I Have To Say Is Important, And I Believe The People Coming To Hear Me Are Important, And So The Occasion Of Itself Alone Has An Importance, Which Forces Me To Stare Down My Nerves.