I come from the small island of Antigua and I always wanted to write; I just didn't know that it was possible.

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.

Find a part of yourself hidden in the twilight.

In being able to learn from his mistakes and grow, Eisenhower "was transformed from a mere person into a personage.

Being a late bloomer gives you a second chance at life.

The destination is made more meaningful by and through the journey. Don't give up!" HS/EL

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep.

You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.

You can't carve up the world. It's not a pie.

Karma is an energy debt which you owe or an energy credit which is owed you. Both involve compound interest that is added to the equation making it either a burden or a blessing.

I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken.