I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.

Most of us have to think worst-case scenario.

There's a saying that you can't awaken somebody who's pretending to be asleep.

If you're making abortion illegal and undermining the various things that will allow the prevention of that need, it can only be a situation that goes from bad to worse.

The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.

Certainly, my friends and the common narrative is people are trying to shore up their own lives with regards to family planning and reproduction.

There's also really no way of knowing what Donald Trump is going to do - he's been sufficiently vague in his policy positions.

We can take that as a notion that we don't know exactly what [Trump] is going to do, but we can't afford to take a position of waiting around to see.

The part of you that's like God is the part that makes a choice. That says, I choose to. Or, I choose not to. That's what's sacred.

The part of you that's like Gob is the part that makes a choice. That says, I choose to. or, I choose not to. That's what's sacred.

She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath.

If life has taught me anything it’s to appreciate what you’ve got. Take something for granted and it could be gone before you even realized what you had.

In my opinion, no feminism worthy of the name is not methodologically post-marxist.

It's not an if - we're going to have to change. Oil is simply going to be gone.

I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.

The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.

I suspect that these traits-desire, commitment, and good work habits-are important in all facets of our lives. . .

I want to prove that you don't have to conform to be accepted. The greatest Value comes from loving yourself for who you are.

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.