Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward manifestation of an inward power. - bell hooks

Many women cannot hear male pain about love because it sounds like an indictment of female failure.

Individual members of certain churches in black communities should protest when worship services become a platform for teaching anti-gay sentiments. Often individuals sit and listen to preachers raging against gay people and think the views expressed are amusing and outmoded, and dismiss them without challenge. But if homophobia is to be eradicated in black communities, such attitudes must be challenged.

We are encouraged to see honest people as naive, as potential losers.