“The fashion industry is the biggest offender in terms of pollution after the oil industry. There is just so much that needs to be done.”

“I think everybody's situation is so unique. You have to find your own path, you have to figure out what it is that you're dissatisfied with, and try to focus in on that.”

“Find out what you love to do and just go for it, do it. It doesn't matter how old you are.”

“Asking for help is actually a sign of strength.”

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

“Life is tender and fragile and could be gone all too soon.”

“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.”

“I think it's important to believe in yourself, even when you're going through hard times.”

“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.”