“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”

“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies.You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.”

“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

“Just like moons and suns,With certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.”

“I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.”