If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? -- William Shakespeare

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Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome. - E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

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Negro life in America was a never-ending series of negotiations: when to fight and when to concede. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.

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Their goal wasn’t to stand out because of their differences; it was to fit in because of their talent. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ― Alfred Tennyson

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As women must be more empowered at work, men must be more empowered at home. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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The promise of equality is not the same as true equality. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all? ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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