What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you. ↗
When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent. ↗
It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it. ↗
The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves. ↗
I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child. ↗