True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life

Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did.

The real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

People said that he was very nice, but I confess that his utter grotesqueness made me uneasy; perhaps in the same way that the sight of monkeys eating their own excrement turns some people’s stomachs. They might not mind so much if monkeys did not- so grotesquely- resemble human beings.

For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other tale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness.

A writer has to take all the risks of putting down what he sees.