"In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book"

-- Hattie McDaniel

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Breathing Quotes

“The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.”
“I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't.”
“I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.”
“That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.”
“I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.”
“Insecurity must follow the transfer of responsibility from self to others, particularly when transferred to arbitrary and capricious government. Genuine security is a matter of self-responsibility, based on the right to the fruits of one's own labor and freedom to trade.”
“If I was a gold-digger, I would have a lot of money in my bank account. I'd be worth millions and millions.”
“Readiness is the best way of truly taking care of soldiers.”

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