"I am not tragically colored."

"They got up and went to the back of the car. It was an insult. But it was not a surprise. They had seen it before."

"I love myself when I am laughing… and then again when I am looking mean and impressive."

"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of the mountain and caught the honey of the sun in my hair."