... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman,… — Toni Cade Bambara Aggressive Copy Share Image
And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living. — Toni Cade Bambara Life Copy Share Image
My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth. — Toni Cade Bambara Family Copy Share Image
An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible. — Toni Cade Bambara Art Copy Share Image
Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation. — Toni Cade Bambara Change Copy Share Image
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality. — Toni Cade Bambara Dream Copy Share Image
I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning… — Toni Cade Bambara Agree Copy Share Image
“I am one beautiful and powerful son of a bitch,' he told himself. 'Smart as a whip, respected, prosperous, beloved and valuable.… — Toni Cade Bambara Healthy happy Copy Share Image
The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible. — Toni Cade Bambara Irresistible Copy Share Image
There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space… — Toni Cade Bambara Burglars Copy Share Image
“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.” — Toni Cade Bambara Art Copy Share Image
TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE — Toni Cade Bambara Ambush Copy Share Image
The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face. — Toni Cade Bambara Authenticity Copy Share Image
We have not been scuffling in this waste-howling wildness for the right to be stupid. — Toni Cade Bambara Stupid Copy Share Image
“We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for… — Toni Cade Bambara Every day Copy Share Image
Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living. — Toni Cade Bambara Folks Copy Share Image
The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality. — Toni Cade Bambara Dream Copy Share Image
Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I've seen them… — Toni Cade Bambara Atmosphere Copy Share Image
Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me. — Toni Cade Bambara Community Copy Share Image
