“Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose.”

“he didnt needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear.”

“I dont want to be a free nigger; I want to be a free man.Dont we all. Look. Be what you want--- white or black. Choose. But if you choose black, you got to act black, meaning draw your manhood upqu...”

“Not like the me was some tough somebody, or somebody she had put together for show. But like, like somebody she favored and could count on. A secret somebody you didn't have to feel sorry for or ha...”

“I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?'" 'The way I want it?'" 'Yeah. The way you ...”

“We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Dont just say Im grown and ought to know. I dont. Im fifty and I dont know nothing. What about it? Do I stay with him? I want to, I think. I want well,...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”