“The most out-there thing Im saying is, Dont have babies. Dont get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that.”

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ”

“Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles.”

“Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.”

“I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.”

“To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

“Dont feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change.”

“Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”

“Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling. Her mother said. But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. O...”