My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.
Making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I’ll rise.
Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.
I’m a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.
I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It’s like decal stuck up on a person.
Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God’s mouth, each other out of the music from God’s heart.
Depending on who I am talking about or who’s talking through me – if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or rhythm and blues person, or if the person is a kind of old-fashion gothic, meaning gothic attitude, then that will determine what form the poem will take.
When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to what they thought I should be – my mother was on my side. It was amazing.