In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in the long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life.
James Weldon JohnsonMy mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.
James Weldon JohnsonLabor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.
James Weldon JohnsonEvery race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.
James Weldon Johnson