Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless Teacher of Nazareth.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim. – Linton Weeks, Washington Post, 13 January 2001

I am my own woman.

It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours.

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.

Derangement is the only possible explanation for owning a cat, an animal whose preferred mode of communication is to sink its claws three-quarters of an inch into your flesh.

Halloween festivities included an epic scavenger hunt & lots of Looney Tunes.

The Real You isn't damaged goods. The Real You is the light of the universe.

I try not to waste time feeling bad for myself, because when I do, there's no room for happiness.

Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?