My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?

You can't send me anywhere that I wouldn't be happy to go. You'd be surprised as to how that lightens the heart.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth. -----“The Gospel According to Shug

One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.

The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory

There is no graceful way to carry hatred.