Life is too wonderful, too full, too short and strength too limited to contain its wonder.

He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely survive!

Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.

Courage, enthusiasm, awareness -- if only one can keep these to the end.

all my wealth is in my memories.

the trouble with success is - it takes all your time. And you can't do the things you really want to do!

... as long as we go on loving and working life is worth while.

... accepting and feeling sympathy and love is not so healing as giving it.

Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.

Is the any certainty like Faith?

Prayer enables you to tap into God’s wisdom anywhere, anytime, no matter what’s going on.

In the end, Mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

Men like to pleasure us, girl. They like to undo our plaits and give us water to drink from their own mouths. That's what makes the world go round.

I bartended for a catering company for two or three years...

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

You have to look at fashion from the perspective of high end editors and publications. Read all the magazines--commercial and underground--and your voice will evolve from what you see there.

Once people get a taste for whatever you want to call it - economic independence, a better lifestyle, and a better life for their children - they grab on to that and don't want to give it up.