26 Quotes by Bebe Moore Campbell

In all his imaginings, he had never envisioned her crying. He knew that her son had died, but he'd never expected that her pain might be anything he could recognize, almost as though he believed that Negroes had their own special kind of grieving ritual, another language, something other than tears they used to express their sadness.

My color is my joy and not my burden...

That's what a man is supposed to do for his wife. Listen, if a nigger didn't get lynched every now and then, well, there's just no telling what they'd do to us.""Who?" Lily asked."Why, honey, the niggers and our husbands both. I don't care what color they are; men build up steam. And they gotta let it out somewhere. Colored men. White men. They both crazy. Honey, the point is you gotta look at it this way: A whole lotta women can't, "I got a man who'll kill for me."

A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.

His eyesight wasn’t as keen as it had been, but he knew a changing mind when he saw it.

To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.

Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.

I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.