"They got up and went to the back of the car. It was an insult. But it was not a surprise. They had seen it before."

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

"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."

"The greatest asset of a race is its culture."

"I am a Negro — and I am proud of it."