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> [Poor Christopher-John had fallen into the hands of Miss. Daisy Crocker. I greatly sympathized him, but as in everything else, Christopher John tried to see the bright side in having to face such a shrew every morning. "Maybe she done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/poor-christopher-john-had-fallen-into-the-hands-of-miss-daisy-crocker/)

[Mildred D. Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mildred-d-taylor/)

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## More by Mildred D. Taylor

> [“did not blame others for his own stupidity; he learned from his mistake and became stronger for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/did-not-blame-others-for-his-own-stupidity-he-learned-from-his/)

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> [“Little Man turned around and watched saucer-eyed as a bus bore down on him spewing clouds of red dust like a huge yellow dragon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/little-man-turned-around-and-watched-saucer-eyed-as-a-bus-bore-down/)

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> [“Because the students were needed in the fields from early spring when the cotton was planted until after most of the cotton had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/because-the-students-were-needed-in-the-fields-from-early-spring-when/)

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> [We ain't never gonna lose this land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/we-ain-t-never-gonna-lose-this-land/)

[Mildred D. Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mildred-d-taylor/)

> [“I ain’t saying you can’t do it, Moe. Papa say you can do jus’ ’bout anything you set your mind to do, you work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/i-ain-t-saying-you-can-t-do-it-moe-papa-say-you-can-do-jus-bout/)

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> [Baby, we have no choice of what color we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/baby-we-have-no-choice-of-what-color-we-re-born-or-who-our-parents/)

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> [Far as I'm concerned, friendship between black and white don't mean that much 'cause it usually ain't on a equal basis. ... Maybe one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/far-as-i-m-concerned-friendship-between-black-and-white-don-t-mean/)

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> [I'm a Southerner, born and bred, but that doesn't mean I approve of all that goes on here, and there are a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/i-m-a-southerner-born-and-bred-but-that-doesn-t-mean-i-approve-of-all/)

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> [We Logans don't have much to do with white folks. You know why? 'Cause white folks mean trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/we-logans-don-t-have-much-to-do-with-white-folks-you-know-why-cause/)

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> [Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/although-there-are-those-who-wish-to-ban-my-books-because-i-have-used/)

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> [“Big Ma didn't need to say any more and she didn't. T.J. was far from her favorite person and it was quite obvious that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/big-ma-didn-t-need-to-say-any-more-and-she-didn-t-t-j-was-far-from/)

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> [There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/there-are-things-you-can-t-back-down-on-things-you-gotta-take-a-stand/)

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> [“He was often ridiculed by the other children at his school and had shown up more than once with wide red welts on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/he-was-often-ridiculed-by-the-other-children-at-his-school-and-had/)

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> [“Each second that goes by, we're all one second closer to the rest of our lives and our deaths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/each-second-that-goes-by-we-re-all-one-second-closer-to-the-rest-of/)

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> [“It's tough out there, boy, and as long as there are people, there's gonna be somebody trying to take what you got and trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-d-taylor/it-s-tough-out-there-boy-and-as-long-as-there-are-people-there-s/)

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