"I am a river, and I flow."

"The moon is a disc of silver, the stars are tiny diamonds, and the night is a black velvet cloth."

"I would like to be a part of a world where people are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

"Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid."

"I’m a Negro—and beautiful!"