“Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.”

“When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.”

“The only certainty life contains is death.”

“Don't make light of any man's pain.”

“It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.”

“Women are sneaky.”

“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.”