Every time I end a book, I look down at myself.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

Environment is no one's property to destroy

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.

Can somebody please explain how humans can be so inhumane?

Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change

I haven't got any kids yet and it is something I need to address. I'm sure that, God willing, that'll be the next and most fabulous episode of my little life.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

I don't know kid, there are so many places they could hide.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

Small towns are the worst for getting recognised.