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
dream holding-on wanted
What you ain't never understood is that I ain't got nothing, don't own nothing, ain't never really wanted nothing that wasn't for you. There ain't nothing as precious to me...There ain't nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else--
eggs firsts sun
I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first.
dream children men
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.
pieces protest
Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.
ignorance roots feminist
There may be women to emerge who will be able to formulate a new and possible concept that homosexual persecution and condemnation has at its roots not only social ignorance, but a philosophically active anti-feminist dogma.
stupidity looks world
I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
stars destiny thinking
I think that the human race does command its own destiny and that that destiny can eventually embrace the stars.
struggle thinking race
I think that the glorious thing about the human race is that it does change the world -- constantly. The world or 'life' may seem to more often overwhelm the human being's capacity for struggling against being overwhelmed which is remarkable and exhilarating.
women brain intelligence
The grim possibility is that she who 'hides her brains' will, more than likely, end up with a mate who is only equal to a woman with 'hidden brains' or none at all.
future waiting sometimes
Sometimes, I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just as plain as day. The future hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me.
talking heaven
Everybody talking 'bout heaven ain't going there!
beautiful wish
I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.
bread enough
One for whom bread- food- is not enough.
love
There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.