She did not begin to tell real lies until Rosa was in hospital suffering that filthy rot that left her all eaten out inside, as light and fragile as a pine log infested with white ant

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

Women don't realize how much store men set on the regularity of their habits. We absorb their comings and goings into our bodies, their rhythms into our bones.

I failed, he said, I got talking my ideas. It's my greatest failing.

Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent; from south to north, to east to west.

There are as many versions of God as there are people in the world.

I tell runners... that no matter how inexperienced a runner you may be, there is nothing wrong with being intense. You don't know what you might discover.

Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.

A person who loves his or her work Is like a plant in the right spot: There growth is maximized And the yield is greatest.

Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.

The way we value black beauty has changed. I'm single now, but back in the slave days, I would have never been single. I'm 6 feet tall and I'm strong. Look at me, I'm a Mandingo.