. . . "the good old days." The only good days are ahead."

"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."

"The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering, finding new handles for old pitchers . . ."

. . . and realizing there is no such thing as the Black experience. . . . Time and events allow for change on both sides.

. . . it's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.