“Among Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died.” PersonsHouseDoorsDiedOmen Author:Ethel Waters
“Twenty-five years is a long time for a girl to live out of a trunk, and after looking over a few houses, I fell in love with one in Southwest Los Angeles.” YearsLongGirlHouseFiveLong TimeTwentiesFive YearsLos AngelesTwenty FiveTrunks Author:Ethel Waters
“What impressed me most about New York were its huge apartment houses.” HouseNew YorkHugeApartmentImpressed Author:Ethel Waters
“After years in white theaters I dreaded working in colored houses. The noise, the stomping, whistling, and cheering that hadn't annoyed me when I was young was now something I dreaded.” YearsYoungHouseFearWhiteTheaterNoiseCheerAnnoyedWhistlingStomping Author:Ethel Waters
