My mission in life was to make sure that there were no women walking around who didn't know me personally.

Most haystacks do not even have a needle.

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world.

Nothing is inevitable with relationships.

Happiness is a state of bliss.

Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain.

God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.

Go forward with joyful confidence.

The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.

I'm looking for a market for wisdom.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.