"It is the curse of the black race to be forever looking backward, forever remembering."

"I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of happiness and seen the world. I have been loved and hated, and I have done some of both. I have been a fri…"

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of the mountain and caught the honey of the sun in my hair."

"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you."

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."