"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."

"The world is full of people who have never had to look at themselves."

"The world is full of people who are trying to tell you who you are, but you have to decide for yourself."

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

"I’ve been trying for some time to make people realize that America is not an innocent country."