To live abundantly, you have to race toward the future with arms and heart wide open. You have to risk everything and let the universe take care of the details

They walked off down the hall in the direction of a sign that said Colored Waiting Room. Billie guessed white folks didn't have to wait.

No, Mama. The sweetest hallelujah will be when Billie can walk in the front door of any place she pleases, and nobody will tell her she doesn't belong.

Nobody is going to notice Billie. People like us are invisible.

She gave thanks for the grace that pours down when you least expect it-and wasn't that just another name for love?