I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

She starched and ironed her face, forming it into just what people wanted to see.

The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary's is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.

It seems like the first law of Nature is that everybody likes to receive things, but nobody likes to feel grateful.

every heart has its graveyard.

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and dream dreams.