I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

When you're through changing, you're through.

Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.