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Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Though it be a thrilling and marvellous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so - doubly dynamic - to be young, gifted and black."

Though it be a thrilling and marvellous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so - doubly dynamic - to be young, gifted and black.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world."

One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.




Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely."

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned nothing."

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.




Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Never be afraid to sit a while and think."

Never be afraid to sit a while and think.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care."

I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Do I remain a revolutionary? Intellectually -- without a doubt. But am I prepared to give my body to the struggle or even my comforts? This is what I puzzle about."

Do I remain a revolutionary? Intellectually -- without a doubt. But am I prepared to give my body to the struggle or even my comforts? This is what I puzzle about.




Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn't seem to give an answer, we create one."

This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn't seem to give an answer, we create one.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "The grim possibility is that she who 'hides her brains' will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with 'hidden brains' or none at all."

The grim possibility is that she who 'hides her brains' will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with 'hidden brains' or none at all.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile."

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars."

I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means... for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something... ... Asagai: It means... it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough."

Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means... for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something... ... Asagai: It means... it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough.




Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me."

Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I was born black and female."

I was born black and female.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!"

I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress..."

Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress...



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Mama - Mama - I want so many things... I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy."

Mama - Mama - I want so many things... I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in front of us -- our own little mirage that we think is the future."

[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in front of us -- our own little mirage that we think is the future.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better."

Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "That's what being eccentric means--being natural."

That's what being eccentric means--being natural.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women"

Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?"

Take away the violence and who will hear the man of peace?



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest."

Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first."

I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists - nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven."

When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists - nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Everybody talking 'bout heaven ain't going there!"

Everybody talking 'bout heaven ain't going there!



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "It is difficult for the American mind to adjust to the realization that the Rhetts and the Scarletts were as much monsters as the keepers of Buchenwald-they just dressed more attractively."

It is difficult for the American mind to adjust to the realization that the Rhetts and the Scarletts were as much monsters as the keepers of Buchenwald-they just dressed more attractively.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love."

I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Ball points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike."

Ball points belong to their age. They make everyone write alike.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change."

Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace."

It's dangerous, son.' 'What's dangerous?' 'When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is."

American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "One for whom bread- food- is not enough."

One for whom bread- food- is not enough.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?"

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing."

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "[Beneatha Younger:]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. [excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]"

[Beneatha Younger:]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. [excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "I know he's rich. He knows he's rich, too."

I know he's rich. He knows he's rich, too.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-foe-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I though everybody knew that."

The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-foe-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I though everybody knew that.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "MAMA: You must not dislike people ’cause they well off, honey.BENEATHA: Why not? It makes just as much sense as disliking people ’cause they are poor, and lots of people do that."

MAMA: You must not dislike people ’cause they well off, honey.BENEATHA: Why not? It makes just as much sense as disliking people ’cause they are poor, and lots of people do that.



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "Cause sometimes it's hard to let the future begin!"

Cause sometimes it's hard to let the future begin!



Lorraine Hansberry Quotes: "A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men and people in general."

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men and people in general.