“I need him with an urgency that I cannot escape.”
“What can I say to you today, what I have to say to you is that we need a new sense of urgency about the issue of social justice in this country.”
“There is a feeble urgency behind all forced mannerisms of finery- haste and pomp cannot coincide.”
“Robert walked faster than usual, and I had trouble keeping up with him, but I did not hold him back. I was pleased at his urgency. I understood it, for when inspired one does not amble, one runs toward the source.”
“. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.”
“Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.”