At bottom, to be colored means that one has been caught in some utterly unbelievable cosmic joke, a joke so hideous and in such bad taste that it defeats all categories and definitions.

For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for whatthey become.

It is said that the camera cannot lie, but rarely do we allow it to do anything else, since the camera sees what you point it at: the camera sees what you want it to see.

Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for?" "Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel." "And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?

The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him.

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.