"I have been in sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots."

"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."

"No matter what the race of people, they are always a little better than any other race."

"I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not feel cheated by God in any way."

"I like myself when I am laughing. And then I think that is the best way to like yourself. To be laughing."