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I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

Jika Anda menolak suara mereka, Anda tidak akan tahu siapa mereka.

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.

I don't know if I've ever cared much what others think.

Akan sangat sulit bagi orang tua kita, melihat kita memasuki dunia yang tidak dapat mereka bayangkan.

My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in the dirt with a twig.

Saya bukan lesbian; Saya bukan biseksual; Saya hanya penasaran.

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.

You cannot see the changes that you're dreaming about, because they're internal.

Meditasi telah menjadi teman setia saya. Ini membantu saya menulis buku.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

I don't feel I've had a decent critic ever on the East coast.

Umumnya cara orang kehilangan kekuatan adalah dengan berpikir bahwa mereka tidak punya kekuatan.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.