Melissa Harris-Perry

Never become so enamored of your own smarts that you stop signing up for life's hard classes. Keep your conclusions light and your curiosity ferocious. Keep groping in the darkness with ravenous desire.

Silence is the vital precursor to voice. Gather your voice in your silence. Listen to it in your own head before you give it away.

You cannot be brave all by yourself. Everybody's got to have a Charlotte. You're going to be Wilbur a lot. You're going to need a Charlotte.