Karen Eckberg

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”
― Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter