I know the most terrible thing that can happen to a woman. That is the gang-up. Men put you to sleep with their drops and one man after another goes in and takes you.

I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

Though I was a Catholic, I recognized that Protestant churches had something.

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.