“Water isn't shaped like a river or ocean; it mists invisibly against metal and glass”

“A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself ”

“There is a true yearning to respond to the singing river and wise rock.”

“Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.”

“If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.”

“I’ve got a magic charmThat I keep up my sleeve,I can walk the ocean floorAnd never have to breathe.”

“The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.”