"Any God I ever felt in church I brought in myself."
Faith
"The more I wonder, the more I love."
Love
"I'm here. I'm here."
"Us each other's people now."
Friendship
"But I'll tell you something true. Even if I am not, I'm alive."
Strength
"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved."
Love
"I'm pore, I'm Black, I may be ugly and I can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here."
Strength
"Anything you done to us, already done to you."
Justice
"The more I wonder, the more I love."
Love
"I be so happy if I ever am happy, I forget everything else."
Happiness
"What hurt most is she never said nothing."
"I'm black, I might be ugly, but I'm here."
Courage
"Us sleep like dogs."
"No time for despair."
Courage
"He beat me like he beat the children."
Fear
"I am waiting for God."
Faith
"I know what it is to want."
"I just sit and watch."
"I finally got my foot on solid ground."
Success
"I got to right of way."
Freedom
"She teach me what a real woman do."
Education
"I finally happy."
Happiness
"We poor and Black."
"I got my sewing and my friends."
Creativity
"I understand now what love really is."
Wisdom
"I finally know who I am."