7 Quotes & Sayings By Lillian Smith

Lillian Smith was an American author who wrote of racial issues in the South. She was one of the first African Americans to publish a novel. Born in 1916 in Alabama, Lillian Smith moved with her family to Maryland in 1920. She completed ninth grade after graduating from high school, but she dropped out of college after one year to become a full-time writer.

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The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making. Lillian Smith
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When you stop learning stop listening stop looking and asking questions always new questions then it is time to die. Lillian Smith
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Faith and doubt both are needed not as antagonists but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. Lillian Smith
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Faith is to believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Lillian Smith
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When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. Lillian Smith
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Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. Lillian Smith