“Once in a while, God sends a good white person my way, even to this day. I think it's God's way of keeping me from becoming too mean. And when he sends a nice one to me, then I have to eat crow. And honey, crow is a tough old bird to eat, let me tell you.” ThinkingWayMeanPersonsWhiteNiceBecomingBirdToughLet MeRelationMy WayThis DayHoneyRace RelationsCrow Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“It would be nice to find a 'planet of trees and birds' in the space; only trees and birds, millions of different trees and millions of different birds!” DifferentWould BeSpaceMillionsNiceTreePlanetsBirdBeing Nice Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I got a job as a dishwasher in Oakland, and I would draw all day. It was nice because the lady who ran the boardinghouse where I worked let me live there for nothing if I gave her some drawings every week - mostly park drawings of birds and such.” IfsJobsNiceWeekDrawsBirdLet MeDrawingRanParksDishwashersOakland Author:Claes Oldenburg