We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance. — 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross and ugly. — Alice Childress Copy Share
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another… — Alice Childress Copy Share
That's how women are, always studyin' each other and wonderin' how they look up 'gainst the next. — Alice Childress Copy Share
