Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences,... - Maya Angelou

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back."

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

"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."

"Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!"

"It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable."