It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion.

I've always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle.

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.

I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it’s that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it’s going to work. It’s astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.

I assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them.