"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes…"

"I do not choose to be a common woman. It is my right to be uncommon… if I can."

"If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it."

"Negroes are not a race. They are a political designation."

"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident."