Mildred D. Taylor

“So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible.”

“Biting the hand that feeds you, that's what you're doing Mary Logan, biting the hand that feeds you.' Again Mama laughed, 'If that's the case, Daisy, I don't think I need that little bit of...”

“How you carry yourself, what you stand for -- that’s how you gain respect. But, little one, ain’t nobody’s respect worth more than your own.”

“There are things you can’t back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it’s up to you to decide what them things are.”