“It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.”

“Evil's when you push your agenda over someone else's. When you assert your beliefs over somebody's contrary beliefs. That's evil.”

“What do you do when you know you are breaking someone's heart, but to do anything else would break your own?”

“Toni Morrison said, "The function of freedom is to free someone else," and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyone will be glad that you did. Members of your family and other critics may wish you had kept your secrets. Oh, well, what are you going to do?”

“You're only responsible for your own actions. You can't control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice. Stand by it.”

“...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...”