Originators Of Black Quotes & Sayings

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse. — John Osborne

I want to be a part of you," I whispered.
"You are a part of me," she whispered back. "You always have been. — Elizabeth Finn

Pamela clearly saw how torn I was. Her eyes broadcast and somehow amplified every argument her mouth could have made if she let it. It worked. "Do you want me to stay here, too?" I asked her, feeling my shoulders rising. Pam nodded, guilt creasing her features. "Yes," she said. She might have felt guilty, but she sounded relieved. "Stay here with me. — Lia Habel

If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out. — Mark Twain

In other words, in the same way that mass incarceration surged because of a real thing, it's finally starting to ebb because of a real thing: the actual, concrete decline in violent crime that started in the early 90s and which appears to be permanent. America is simply a safer place than it used to be, and looks set to stay that way. — Kevin Drum