Quotes by Lorraine Hansberry


Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
– Lorraine Hansberry
The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.
– Lorraine Hansberry
There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.
– Lorraine Hansberry
Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?
– Lorraine Hansberry
Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.
– Lorraine Hansberry
A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
– Lorraine Hansberry