“Then if you want something and it's a good thing and you got it in the right way, you better hang on to it and don't let nobody talk you out of it. You care what a lot of useless… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“did not blame others for his own stupidity; he learned from his mistake and became stronger for it.” — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Because the students were needed in the fields from early spring when the cotton was planted until after most of the cotton had been… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
We Logans don't have much to do with white folks. You know why? 'Cause white folks mean trouble. — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“He was often ridiculed by the other children at his school and had shown up more than once with wide red welts on his… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Each second that goes by, we're all one second closer to the rest of our lives and our deaths.” — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“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… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
