Annie Elizabeth Delany Quotes

I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!

[My mother told me:] "You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career."... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?

It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us.

Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad. Once you're past that century mark, it's just not as shocking.