Kristin Hunter

When you get up in the morning, you merely put on your clothes. When a colored man gets up in the morning,…

— Kristin Hunter

I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.

— Kristin Hunter

I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by…

— Kristin Hunter

Everyone of us is a wonder. Everyone of us has a story.

— Kristin Hunter

Writing is harder than anything else; at least starting to write is.

— Kristin Hunter

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame…

— Kristin Hunter

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.

— Kristin Hunter

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the…

— Kristin Hunter

The most amazing thing about little children ... was their fantastic adaptability.

— Kristin Hunter

It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.

— Kristin Hunter

it is amazing how all our paths of rebellion tend to lead us straight back home.

— Kristin Hunter

I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar.

— Kristin Hunter

...I have wanted to believe people could make their dreams come truethat problems could be solved. However, this is a national illness.…

— Kristin Hunter

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break in order to survive. This astonishes me,…

— Kristin Hunter

...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in.…

— Kristin Hunter

I hate, loathe, and despise Christmas. It's a time when single people have to take cover or get out of town.

— Kristin Hunter