Hair is what connects women in Dakar and Detroit, Oprah [Winfrey] and Opal [Tometi] the Black Lives Matter activist. There's a story in every kink, curl, and coil.

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.

How I grew to believe Black hair has power, genius, and magic in it, defying gravity and limitation. I mean, look at how marvelous it is: Black hair grows up and out.

I seek to widen, narrow narratives of women of color.

Being an Image Activist simply means to be in action of supporting, celebrating and creating honest images of a group you care about, or yourself.

My approach is to be honest-really honest-and consistent. That is what any growth will take. It is an issue I think [young] generation can be courageous enough to comb through.

I couldn't bare the idea of not being in regular communication with the audience I love - young women of color.

I've been waiting years to have a conversation with Franchesa [Ramsey]! She's so funny and wicked smart. So that's really going to be the experience it's going to intelligent, layered, and hilarious.

Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other.

We’ve had bad luck with our kids – they’ve all grown up.

We inhabit an internal world that is subject to diversification. Every day we undergo personal transformation based upon experiences, thoughts, and feelings.

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible.

If I could drown in sleep as I drown in fear I would be no longer alive.

I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Enjoy life - you only get one.

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style