The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want to shake my ass, not 'cause "I'm dancing like a black girl!"

The biggest moments of insecurity come when all self-confidence is lost and you feel like people are watching and judging. It should be the opposite. You should feel like the people who are watching care about you. This is something we can try to give each other - the feeling that eyes signal support, not disdain.