"I am not a feminist. I am a human being."

"My soul is too deep for tears."

"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"Dat's what makes a man and a woman. You can't have one without the other."

"Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes…"