“It's the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet. I'm a woman, phenomenally.”

Phenomenal Woman

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

And Still I Rise (lecture)

“Love liberates the soul from the cage of self-enclosure.”

And Still I Rise