Bebe Moore Campbell > Quotes

“My color is my joy and not my burden...”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Brothers and Sisters

“the important thing is not to point a finger at flaws but to attempt to correct them!”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Brothers and Sisters

“the shame is in not improving when you have the opportunity!”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Brothers and Sisters

“Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Singing in the Comeback Choir

“His eyesight wasn’t as keen as it had been, but he knew a changing mind when he saw it.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, What You Owe Me

“A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, 72 Hour Hold

“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." ”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

“A setback is just a setup for a comeback.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, 72 Hour Hold

“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.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, 72 Hour Hold

“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.”
― Bebe Moore Campbell, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine