"I would not exchange my life for any other. I have enjoyed every minute of it."

"I like myself when I am laughing. And then I think that is the best way to like yourself. To be laughing."

"The white man is as much a victim of his own system as the black man."

"I do not choose to be a common woman. It is my right to be uncommon… if I can."

"Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore."