Good Parents Have Children Who Do Terrible

Now, I've Been Known To Be Attractive On Special Occasions, And I Do My Best To Project As Much Beauty As I Can Muster From Deep Inside, Though I Often Fail.

I Remember The Day I Turned Thirty. I Was Getting Out Of The Shower And I Stood In Front Of The Mirror And Stared At Myself For A Long Time. I Examined Every Inch Of My Body And Appreciated The Fact That I Finally Looked Like A Grown Woman. I Also Assumed That This Was How I Was Going To Look For The Rest Of My Life. The Way I Saw It, I Was Never Going To Age; I'd Just Look Up One Day And Be Old.

You've Been Killing Me Inside And I Don't Want To Die Like This.

I Don't Trust White Critics' Judgment About Most Things That Deal With Black Life, Particularly When A Black Person Is The Creator.

What I Do Know Is Sometimes We Love The Wrong People And Sometimes We Marry Them.