I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.

We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

I cannot determine what will define my time in this place, But I do hope I've demonstrated something else entirely—that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind and wear your heart on your sleeve.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.