Haven't you enough money?'For she knew that this is what is the matter with nearly everybody over twenty-five.

Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?

Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has to play hockey properly.

He stood at the table facing Flora and blowing heavily on his tea and staring at her. Flora did not mind. It was quite interesting: like having tea with a rhinoceros.

My thoughts became demons and made my mind evil.

Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.

I told him. We got a library here. Got plenty of good books, too. -Larry Brown, Dirty Work

No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer.

The way the Beloved can fit in my heart, two thousand lives could fit in this body of mine. One kernel could contain a thousand bushels, and a hundred worlds pass through the eye of the needle.

Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.