“I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask...” — Afeni Shakur Quote

“I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.”

“I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.”

“We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven't already been.”

“I bought some land in Portugal, on the highest hill in Guimaraes, because I pictured that I wanted to build my house there. I said, 'What a perfect place this would be,' but I forgot to ask the council if I could build a house there. When I did, they said, 'No!'”

“When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'”