“He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs. "One rule in life", he… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has… — LeGrand Richards Copy Share Image
“They were gone. They'd come for her, but she'd missed them and she was never going to get home again. When she… — Kaitlyn O'Connor Copy Share Image
Latin beauty means being proud of yourself and your culture; being sophisticated and beautiful; and embracing your complexion - whether you have… — Chrissie Fit Copy Share Image
“He’s going to get us all killed,” she said. Jesper stretched his long arms overhead and grinned, his teeth white against his… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
MYOB - mind your own body. It's important because I don't happen to have the kind of body that we usually see… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
As a kid, growin' up, I can't front, it was hard. I was just coming in from Africa. I was mad black.… — Akon Copy Share Image
“Bonnie saw ropes hanging loose, poles falling away, tree-tops sinking beneath her. As they rose, the sun rose with them. Its warmth… — Pauline Fisk Copy Share Image
“I just assumed that at the time if I could display a talent worthy of praise. . . that I wasn't just… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
“We were in Venice at the time of the revels before Lent. I went into the plaza wearing a mask and hood.… — Alice Randall Copy Share Image
“People from all over the world have passed through this village, son," said his father. "They come in search of new things,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“For as I am standing there I look closer into the grandstand and see that there is someone waiting. It is my… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“I wiped my eyes on my sleeve and jumped when I turned and found Ren’s brother standing behind me as a man.… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
“Absently, she brushed back some of the hair from her face, and she saw as Jaguar's eyes followed how the long strands… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
“ On the Hunger Games Fan Race fail and the portrayal of POC in fantasy literature : It is as if the… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
“NOTE: The character of Aoleon is deaf. This conversation takes place in the book via sign language... “Feeling a certain kind of… — S.H. Robinson Copy Share Image
“He did not appear to be a very tall man; what I could see of legs seemed stumpy, though heavily muscled. His… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“Often black people, especially non-gay folk, become enraged when they hear a white person who is gay suggest homosexuality is synonymous with… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“I still worry about Africa, we are slaves to western and Eastern Brands and we do not cherish and love our own.… — Tare Munzara Copy Share Image
“He was attractive and he knew it, but he pretended he had no idea. Therefore he was both vain and disingenuous. Tall,… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
Dark skin is considered less than light skin in the in the minds of many in our community and in the media. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
I grew up as the ugly duckling. I was the only one with a dark skin and therefor I didn't really fit… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
A tall, broad-shouldered man with dark skin and a gap tooth - I wasn't the image of 'old Hollywood beauty.' — Winston Duke Copy Share Image
I always felt different and it was because I was Middle Eastern. Where most people were very fair, light-skinned, and had blue… — Huda Kattan Copy Share Image
Anyone that is Hispanic will tell you that we're not just monolithic, we're not just one color, and that a lot of… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
I am an African-American woman of dark skin tone, and there are very specific roles that are usually given to African-American women… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
“because this is how it was with them: the boy’s father had dark skin, darker even than my own, and the boy’s… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
My dark skin might not be satisfying for your preference, but it's the skin that my ancestors wore when they were working… — Brester Mishoe Copy Share Image
Blackface remains exoticist and offensive as a practice, not just because of its long tradition of being used to mock black selfhood,… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I love my complexion, but like so many of us, in the early years at primary school, I grew up thinking that… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
“I have never been this white anywhere in the world. I've never had the most obvious, most useful kind of privilege as… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“The number-one draft pick or the up-and-coming action hero will never choose me, because I’m dark skinned,” my friend said. On the… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
When I was in the second grade, one of my teachers said, "Where are you going to find a husband? How are… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
“I stood surrounded by naked women not one of them bearing even the remotest resemblance to a centerfold. We had large thighs… — Phyllis Curott Copy Share Image
“Staring down at Hunter, she noticed things about him that she hadn’t before. Or perhaps it was that she now saw him… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Then Wang Lung turned to the woman and looked at her for the first time. She had a square, honest face, a… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
