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

“I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.”

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

“Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes?Shoulders falling down like teardrops.Weakened by my soulful cries.You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I’ll rise.”

“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. ”

“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”

“When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.”