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> [“I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-wish-to-live-because-life-has-within-it-that-which-is-good-that/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

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## More by Lorraine Hansberry

> [One for whom bread- food- is not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/one-for-whom-bread-food-is-not-enough/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [“Perhaps I will be a great man...I mean perhaps I will hold on to the substance of truth and find my way always with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/perhaps-i-will-be-a-great-man-i-mean-perhaps-i-will-hold-on-to-the/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/this-is-one-of-the-glories-of-man-the-inventiveness-of-the-human-mind/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I am a writer. I suppose I think that the highest gift that man has is art, and I am audacious enough to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-am-a-writer-i-suppose-i-think-that-the-highest-gift-that-man-has-is/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [ “\[Beneatha Younger:\]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. \[excerpt from Act II,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/beneatha-younger-he-said-everybody-ought-to-learn-how-to-sit-down-and/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [You don't have to go to the kings and queens of the earth - I think the Greeks and Elizabethans did this because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/you-don-t-have-to-go-to-the-kings-and-queens-of-the-earth-i-think-the/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/children-see-things-very-well-sometimes-and-idealists-even-better/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [ \[T\]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in front… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/t-here-is-only-one-large-circle-that-we-march-in-around-and-around/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I feel that women - without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero - indeed have a need for their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-feel-that-women-without-wishing-to-foster-any-strict-separatist/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I happen to believe that most people - and this is where I differ from many of my contemporaries, or at least as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-happen-to-believe-that-most-people-and-this-is-where-i-differ-from/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [Everybody talking 'bout heaven ain't going there!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/everybody-talking-bout-heaven-ain-t-going-there/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/men-continue-to-misinterpret-the-second-rate-status-of-women-as/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I don't want to have anyone else to do my housework. I've always done it myself. I believe you should do it yourself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-don-t-want-to-have-anyone-else-to-do-my-housework-i-ve-always-done/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I was born black and female.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-was-born-black-and-female/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

> [I'm just tired of hearing about God all the time. What has He got to do with anything?... I'm not going to be immoral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-hansberry/i-m-just-tired-of-hearing-about-god-all-the-time-what-has-he-got-to/)

[Lorraine Hansberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-hansberry/)

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