Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite so... - Maya Angelou

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

"No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

"I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive."

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

"Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake."