But after Mr. Evers got shot a week ago, lot a colored folk is frustrated in this town. Especially the younger ones, who ain't built up a callus yet.

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.

Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

Be a song in someone's heart.

He's liked, but he's not well liked.

I don't even own a car.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

People have more fun if they don't eat so much they have to be taken home in an ambulance.

I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies.

When a culture of ladies arises, a culture of gentlemen will follow.

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.

I believe there's a god above me, I'm just the god of everything else!

Simplicity is not the same as stupidity