Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Vivian Hansberrywas an American playwright and writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth19 May 1930
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful wish generations
I wish to live beacause life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and--I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and generations and generations.
black children dreams fit god man seems
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.
afraid awhile sit
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
account hills measure starts sure valleys wherever
When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right...Make sure you done take into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got wherever he is.
love
There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.
african-american black female
I was born black and female.
mean eccentric natural
That's what being eccentric means--being natural.
children taken thinking
Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning-because that ain't the time at all...when you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.
stars destiny thinking
I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.
believe thinking interesting
I happen to believe that most people -- and this is where I differ from many of my contemporaries, or at least as they express themselves -- I think that virtually every human being is dramatically interesting. Not only is he dramatically interesting, he is a creature of stature whoever he is ...
eye heart feelings
One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the world.
moving journey preparation
Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress ...
men giving mind
This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn't seem to give an answer, we create one.
love inspirational raisins
There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.