“I know who I am.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “You have pissed your last in this house . . . and I don’t make velvet roses anymore.”— Toni Morrison “Stand strong. Stand firm. Stand tall like tower.”— Lailah Gifty Akita “She sincerely wishes success, for her new life, and intends that no failure of effort, temper, or spirits on her part will jeopardise it.”— Jude Morgan