“Of course Covarrubias wasn't a negro, but how he caught the darky spirit!”

“As much as they loved Negroes, Neroes didn't seem to love Michael and Anne.”

“How still,How strangely stillThe water is today,It is not goodFor waterTo be so still that way.~ "Sea Calm”

“LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words.”

“FrostingFreedomIs just frostingOn somebody else'sCake--And so must beTill weLearn how toBake.”

“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose”

“When a man starts out to build a world,He starts first with himself”