“Books are my guidance to other worlds, but they're also our way into empathy.”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”

“But something inside of me said, ‘This is not it...you've got too much to do, you're not done, yet, on this earth.”

“Black women are the biggest demographic of readers in America.”