I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

The power to kill is less than the power to create, for it produces an ending rather than the beginning of something new.

The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.