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Dear little baby of the folks I work for, I got a present for you . my whole damn life! I'm handin' it over to you & your ma & pa. if you got no money to pay, I wanna stay anyhow, my pleasure is to wait on you forever. to hell with my children & hooray for you! . you stayin' up all night fixin' up Character Parts for me! givin' 'em what you call dignity! dignity! you know what your dignity is? a black straw hat with a flower stickin' up in front, hands folded cross my stomach, sayin' the same damn fool things . only nice & easy & proper! " --trouble in mind (1955) .Alice Childress
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Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.Alice Childress
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I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another it's a very deep matter.Alice Childress
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Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave-and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.Alice Childress
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Like snowflakes the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action.Alice Childress
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"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.Alice Childress