“I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.”

“I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.”

“I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.”

“The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.”

“Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.”

“It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”

“You write once and you can call yourself a writer, but it takes three novels before you can call yourself a novelist. The first two could have just been lucky. One day, I will finish my third, and ...”

“We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept.”

“I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.”

“Teachers are mind engineers! Teachers are life directors! Dont ever undermine a teacher!”

“Even we set aside the nearly 50 percent of all beginner teachers who choose to leave the profession within five yearsand ignore the evidence that those who leave are worse performers than those who...”

“One thing I more and this is all I have to say...High School is not a separate unit from you. We are apart of you. Every man, woman, and child in this community is a part...Your ways of life in you...”