"Dat's de way it is wid some people. Dey ain't got no mind to their own."

"There are years that ask questions and years that answer."

"Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore."

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

"The highest heaven of Negro expression is to be found in the Negro church."