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"This is my present, you know. My present from Mother."
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"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for."

"Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow."

"I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher."

"I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin."
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