“If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.” IfsWantMeanWantedPityNasty Author:Ethel Waters
“I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with, but you can't go back to them and be one of them again, no matter how hard you try.” PeopleInspirationalTryingKindMatterHardWantedTeenagerTry AgainFirefighter Author:Ethel Waters
“Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.” WantedMotherReleaseEvangelismFrenzy Author:Ethel Waters
“Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.” WantedInfluenceChildhoodMomDrinkingVicesLustSave Me Author:Ethel Waters
