Alice Childress Quotes

Most popular Alice Childress Quotes

Thoughts can hurt like real pain.
— Alice Childress A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich

thoughts

It's a poor kind of man that won't fight for his own freedom.
— Alice Childress

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Each human is uniquely different. Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice.
— Alice Childress Black Women Writers (1950–1980)

individuality

Writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance.  A way to light a candle in a gale wind.
— Alice Childress Black Women Writers

writing

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 A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich

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