Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. Votes: 12
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Votes: 7
I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it. Votes: 4
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form." Votes: 1
Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don't get nothing for it. Votes: 0
Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing. Votes: 0
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Votes: 0
Laughter is more serious than tears. Votes: 0
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. Votes: 0
We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. Votes: 0
Outside, snow solidified itself into graceful forms. The peace of winter stars seemed permanent. Votes: 0
She was a tall woman with unfashionable hips and a long chestnut braid singing down her back. Votes: 0
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives. Votes: 0
All art is knowing when to stop. Votes: 0
All important things are hard. Votes: 0
As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer. Votes: 0
Being able to laugh got me through. Votes: 0
But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer. Votes: 0
Girl, I got my mind. And what goes on in it. Which is to say, I got me...my lonely is mine. Votes: 0
He said, 'Always. Always. Votes: 0
I am a moralist. I worry. Votes: 0
I am in the position of judging people by the best they've ever done rather than the worst. Votes: 0
I didn't fall in love, I rose in it. Votes: 0
I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later. Votes: 0
I like marriage. The idea. Votes: 0
I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals. Votes: 0
Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers. Votes: 0
It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds. Votes: 0
Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation. Votes: 0
Lonely was much better than alone. Votes: 0
My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game. Votes: 0
New York is the last true city. Votes: 0
Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe. Votes: 0
The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference. Votes: 0
The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one. Votes: 0
We're all surrounded by what I call faux language, fake language of commerce, of news media. Votes: 0
Would it be all right? Would it be all right to go ahead and feel? Go ahead and count on something? Votes: 0
You are your best thing Votes: 0