Bebe Moore Campbell Quotes

My color is my joy and not my burden...

the shame is in not improving when you have the opportunity!

the important thing is not to point a finger at flaws but to attempt to correct them!

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

His eyesight wasn’t as keen as it had been, but he knew a changing mind when he saw it.

A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.

people come into each other’s lives for a reason. If it’s not clear in the beginning, all you have to do is keep on living.

A setback is just a setup for a comeback.

Everybody gets sad. But the blues is deeper than sadness

Everybody gets sad. But the blues is deeper than sadness. See, I know, 'cause I am a blues man from way back. I know what's authentic. The blues is something in your soul telling you they ain't no hope, shit ain't never gon' be right.

In all his imaginings, he had never envisioned her crying. He knew that her son had died, but he'd never expected that her pain might be anything he could recognize, almost as though he believed that Negroes had their own special kind of grieving ritual, another language, something other than tears they used to express their sadness.

That's what a man is supposed to do for his wife. Listen, if a nigger didn't get lynched every now and then, well, there's just no telling what they'd do to us." "Who?" Lily asked. "Why, honey, the niggers and our husbands both. I don't care what color they are; men build up steam. And they gotta let it out somewhere. Colored men. White men. They both crazy. Honey, the point is you gotta look at it this way: A whole lotta women can't, "I got a man who'll kill for me."