“Her breasts and arms ached with the beauty of her own forgiveness.”

“Growth is not concerned with itself.”

“They never die who have the future in them.”

“Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit.”

“These are the stories that never never die that are carried like seed into a new country are told to you and me and make in us new and lasting strengths.”

“Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripened together.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”