“Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness/ in somebody else's cup...” EvilBitternessColoured Book:For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf Source: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
“I was waiting at table tonight, on account of it being such a big party, and just as I was coming round with the savoury, one of the ladies went and broke her necklace by fidgeting with it at the ta ble. She thought she picked 'em all up but this one rolled under my foot and I stood on it tight until all the ladies went upstairs. I wanted to give it to you. You're a black pearl, Bertha, that's what you are and it's only right that you should have it.” LoveHeiressMaidBlack PearlBerthaColoured Book:The American Heiress Source: The American Heiress