"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"You can be a good citizen and still be a Negro."

"Dat's de truth, for it's de only thing dat ain't subject to change."

"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."