Writers are encouraged to "keep 'em laughing" and complain "with good humor" in order to "win" allies. The joke is always on ourselves. — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
Everybody's got some sin, but if it troubles your heart you're a gentle sinner, just a good soul gone wrong. — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin'… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
I'm independent as a hog on ice and a hog on ice is dead, cold, well-preserved and don't need a mother'grabbin, thing. — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
“One day I almost said it . . . after goin over the words in my mind, "Benjie, the greatest thing in the world… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
“Schoolteachers can be some hard-eyed people, with talkin eyes; they mouth sayin one thing and them eyes be screamin another.” — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter. — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
Where did we get the idea of insultin' folks by pointin' out their age? ... It seems that we think youth is some special… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
I believe racism has killed more people than speed, heroin, or cancer, and will continue to kill until it is no more. — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
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