Lorraine Quotes

My inspiration for writing music is like Don McLean did when he did "American Pie" or "Vincent". Lorraine Hansberry with "A Raisin in the Sun". Like Shakespeare when he does his thing, like deep stories, raw human needs.

I'm trying to think of a good analogy. It's like, you've got the Vietnam War, and because you had reporters showing us pictures of the war at home, that's what made the war end, or that shit would have lasted longer. If no one knew what was going on we would have thought they were just dying valiantly in some beautiful way. But because we saw the horror, that's what made us stop the war.

So I thought, that's what I'm going to do as an artist, as a rapper. I'm gonna show the most graphic details of what I see in my community and hopefully they'll stop it quick.

I've seen all of that-- the crack babies, what we had to go through, losing everything, being poor, and getting beat down. All of that. Being the person I am, I said no no no no. I'm changing this. ~ Tupac Shakur

I know what it was like to not have a voice, so my daughter has a voice. I veto that voice when needed because at the end of the day I am the grown-up, but I hear her. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

The one thing I learned in my youth as a grave robber was that everyone looks the same when they're dead. We're all equal then. So when I meet a chap, sitting on his high horse, I imagine him dead. He's not quite so intimidating then. ~ Lorraine Heath

Everything was coming my way, but I was going down. I was painfully empty. ~ Lorraine Bracco

Soul Abuse is the destruction of a victim's awareness of the strength within their soul. It stems from the abuser's intention to corrupt another's understanding of their own significance. ~ Lorraine Nilon

Dallas to Cordelia:
You were my dream, Dee. I just didn't know it.The part of me that I was always searching for. ~ Lorraine Heath

Within the shadows of honor, courage often walks in silence.
-Engraved on the monument Clay built ~ Lorraine Heath

I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't. ~ Lorraine Bracco

If you ever put yourself in harm's way like that again, I'll put you over my knee."
"And do what?" she asked indignantly.
He lifted his gaze to hers, and she saw the worry in his eyes, before he smiled.
"Kiss your bare bottom. ~ Lorraine Heath

I've worked with the Warrens. For about 20 years. I was really good friends with Ed. Ed and Lorraine. We went our separate ways, there were a few differences. In their organization, being that they were from Connecticut, I started the New York City chapter of the organization and handled things in New York. But eventually I was out on my own. But I've been friends with them for a long time. ~ Ralph Sarchie

I think your
mother loves Leo."
"I don't know if she loves him enough."
"What would be enough?"
"To give up on the promise of love from another. ~ Lorraine Heath

Yes, well, I'm not at all surprised by that revelation, but you see I'm making love to her and that requires a certain finesse, which I doubt your father has the wherewithal to possess. ~ Lorraine Heath

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all the parents and the kids in the neighborhood say racist things about this family. ~ Lorraine Bracco

I wasn't sure Lorraine and others like her-ones who were so despairing of marriage, ones who were so sure their expectations could never be met-understood that it was these small moments of caretaking that meant the most, that forged the real relationship. The way one pulled the blanket over the sleeping other, the way one prepared a snack for oneself, but made enough to share. Such moments made for the team of two, which made for one's sword and shield. ~ Elizabeth Berg

And you attacked them with that saucepot. Seriously, csecsemo, I wouldn't try that again. I can see you are determined to learn to fight these creatures, and I am trying my best to look at all the reasons why it is a good idea that you do learn, but saucepots are out. ~ Christine Feehan

I fear you're correct there. Catherine warns me that he has the look of a scoundrel about him."
"Jack has told me that he's not going to let his daughter out of the house until she's forty. ~ Lorraine Heath

Sometimes having the dream makes you more content than having the reality. ~ Lorraine Heath

It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

You can't imagine how much it hurts to be ignored by people ... you respect. You don't know how loud the silence is or how deeply it cuts. It's bad enough watching the hatred touch my brothers. I'd rather die than see it touch you. ~ Lorraine Heath

Read the sticky note on this personal cup: personal grande sugar-free caramel, caramel affogato caramel blended coffee light. Really? This isn't a hard beverage to make, but who in their right mind orders a beverage that lists caramel three times? I'm willing to bet this drink was suggested by someone who works here. Bet it was Julie. ~ J. Lorraine

The library, I presume," he said quietly. "I've a fondness for libraries. ~ Lorraine Heath

With a book, she could at least visit with people, even if it was vicariously, even if they didn't exist beyond someone's imagination. ~ Lorraine Heath

I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means ... for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something ...
...
Asagai: It means ... it means One for Whom Bread
Food
Is Not Enough. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

And I didn't tell mom what happened. She'd already warned me that bad things could hide in the most unlikely places. ~ Lorraine Zago Rosenthal

Nature could be both wondrous and cruel, creating immense beauty and then offsetting it with ugliness. ~ Lorraine Heath

'Jaws' freed me to discover that a successful movie didn't make a damn bit of difference to my life. ~ Lorraine Gary

If the love is true, it will wait until the dream becomes a reality. True love also gives strength to a dream. ~ Lorraine Koh

Baseball is the only sport there is - next to bowling that is.
Luella Lorraine Lavell ~ Kate Curran

Alone is how our story starts. But then I came along and changed all that. ~ Erica Lorraine Scheidt

The landscape of Turin, the monumental squares, the promenades along the Po river, were bathed in a kind of 'Claude Lorraine' luminosity (Dostoyevsky's golden age), a diaphonousness that removed the weight of things and made them recede into a infinite distance. The stream of light here became a stream of laughter - the laughter from which truth emerges, the laughter in which identities explode, including Nietzsche's. What also exploded is the meaning that things can have or lose for other things, not in terms of limited linkage or narrow context, but in terms of variations of light ~ Pierre Klossowski

A lot of our young people are sleep-walking, dreaming that they're awake, and lots of aspects of society initially go about keeping it so. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

It hurts to cry," she said, her voice raspy.
"It hurts worse not to."
"Did you cry?"
"For four days straight."
"Is that how long it took you to bury them?"
"Yes, ma'am," he said in a voice that sounded like stone grating against stone. ~ Lorraine Heath

What had
seemed so simple then seemed so complicated now.
Doors had closed and opportunities had opened. She
felt lost, at a crossroads, not knowing which path to
take. ~ Lorraine Heath

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

We all need good manners, like our friends from the zoo! ~ Lorraine Loria

I was proud of you today, handling William Long the way you did." Her fingers stilled. "What did you think of him the first time you met him?" she asked quietly.
"That he was the kind of man you should have married."
"And now you don't think that anymore?"
"Now, it doesn't matter. You're married to me."
"I was the night you met him."
Jake's eyes met and held hers in the moonlight. "No, you weren't. Not really." His arm tightened around her. "But you are now. ~ Lorraine Heath

You are now in league with the devil, my lady. May you rest easier at night than I ~ Lorraine Heath

When you feel at sea in an abyss of emotions, reconnecting to the beauty of your soul can be difficult, but it is never impossible. ~ Lorraine Nilon

The skies were overcast. As the carriage rumbled along, Rafe watched the shadows weave in and out, dance over and around her as she gazed out the window. And blast it all if he didn't envy their ability to touch her so lightly. ~ Lorraine Heath

Closing his eyes, he saw every smile that Rebecca had ever directed his way and knew a pang of regret. He would have liked to have held her in his arms one last time before he died. ~ Lorraine Heath

If it pleases you.
And in his wprds, as always, Kate heard the echo of I love you. ~ Lorraine Heath

I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy NOT to care ... the WHY of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the HOW is what must command the living. Which is why I have lately become an insurgent again. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window to the people I create. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

E are not a reflection of others' behavior, only our own. ~ Lorraine Heath

Memories don't age ~ Lorraine Heath

We must all understand that life holds a lot of broken bits and pieces. We have storms and trials and sometimes fall flat on our face. It is how we are able to create something from this that will enable us to love ourselves more. It will help us to feel complete, whole and beautiful and allow us to soar. ~ Lorraine Turner

Miss Carson, you need to step outside and slap me again. The side you hit is mostly dead. You need to hit the other side of my face so I can feel it like I should. ~ Lorraine Heath

Please," Meg whispered. "I don't want any trouble here."
He released his hold on her. As though she might say something further, she parted her lips slightly. Then she walked out of the church.
"Touch her again, and I'll kill you," Daniel said.
Clay wondered if he should tell her brother that he'd be doing him a favor if he killed him ... because his heart had just died. ~ Lorraine Heath

his way across the slanted roof over the ~ Lorraine Heath

When someone harms those whom we love, we must do as we must. And I had always loved Frannie. ~ Lorraine Heath

I think if I weren't an actress, I might have made a halfway decent attorney! I like the way they think. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

There's no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it'd be rather boring. ~ Lorraine Heath

I appreciate all the trouble you went to in order to ensure my survival."
"Purely selfish, I assure you."
"Because you need me to oversee your household?"
"Because I need you to marry. Men tend to frown at the notion of marrying someone who isn't breathing. ~ Lorraine Heath

Obviously the most oppressed of any oppressed group will be its women ~ Lorraine Hansberry

The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

But she'd lost a good deal of her innocence there, because she'd discovered so much she couldn't control. ~ Lorraine Heath

I hope that in the final settlement of the war, you insist that the Germans retain Lorraine, because I can imagine no greater burden than to be the owner of this nasty country where it rains every day. ~ George S. Patton Jr.

He stirred the fire, and when he spoke, his voice blended in with the roar of the fire's blaze. "I want tonight, Maddie." He twisted his body away from the fire until his attention was focused entirely on her. "Tell me you don't love me, and I'll sleep on the other side of the fire. Otherwise, I intend to take tonight. ~ Lorraine Heath

Jake was hurting, emotionally and physically, and he was exhausted. He stared at her in wonder.
"You're going to name him after me?"
"I don't see any other father in this house."
Ignoring the pain throbbing in his hands, he drew her close, holding onto her tightly. It was the most precious gift she could have given him. ~ Lorraine Heath

You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

When you read the words of Langston Hughes you are reading the words of a Black Gay man. When you read the words of Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Angelina Weld Grimké, poets of the Harlem Renaissance, you are reading the words of Black Lesbians. When you listen to the life-affirming voices of Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, you are hearing Black Lesbian women. When you see the plays and read the words of Lorraine Hansberry, you are reading the words of a women who loved women deeply. ~ Audre Lorde

I'm just tired of hearing about God all the time. What has He got to do with anything? ... I'm not going to be immoral or commit crimes because I don't believe. I don't even think about that. I just get so tired of Him getting the credit for things the human race achieves through its own effort. Now, there simply is no God. There's only man. And it's he who makes miracles. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

She tiptoed her fingers along his back. "Were you really making love to me?"
He rolled back over onto her. "If you have to ask, then I'm obviously not doing it well enough. Let me try a bit more diligently before I go searching for a dragon. ~ Lorraine Heath

I write sentence to sentence. That's the kind of writer I am. I don't have a plot when I begin. I have to be convinced and I have to be surprised. ~ Lorraine Adams

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it? ~ Lorraine Heath

We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework, and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

Dr. Freeman said she couldn't have children. Christ, I'll never touch her again."
"You'll touch her," Houston said.
Dallas looked up, determination etched deeply in the lines of his face.
"No, I won't."
"Yes, you will. One night, she'll curl up against you, all innocent-like - " Compassion, understanding, and a wealth of sympathy filled Houston's gaze. "You'll touch her. ~ Lorraine Heath

'Body of Proof' was interesting because ... I didn't feel I needed to prove anything in that audition. I didn't over-prepare it, but I was just very relaxed in it. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world! ~ Lorraine Hansberry

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~ Lorraine Hansberry

I hope that whenever my daughter has a negative experience, I'm there to talk about it and remind her how we feel when it's done to her so that she doesn't do it to others. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

Shame, when she was younger, had stopped her. Fear, as she grew older, trapped the truth within her. ~ Lorraine Heath

Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and I knew I wanted to act for as long as I can remember. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

I almost envy your horse," she said, "because these thighs hug him all day."
-Rebecca to Jake ~ Lorraine Heath

But I think for me, why I was drawn to the piece is, at the core of the story, it's a love story to me - between Ed and Lorraine, between these two families who are asking for help and us who are in the business of giving help. ~ Vera Farmiga

In the happy times, in the tell-me-again times, when I'm seven and there are no stepbrothers and it's before the stepfathers, my mom lets me sleep in her bed.
Her bed is a raft on the ocean. It's a cloud, a forest, a spaceship, a cocoon we share. I stretch out big as I can, a five-pointed star, and she bundles me back up in her arms. When I wake I'm tangled in her hair.
"Tell me again," I say and she tells me again how she wanted me more than anything.
"More than anything in the world," she says, "I wanted a little girl. ~ Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

You have to be interested in culture to design for it. ~ Lorraine Wild

He took the hand that wasn't holding the bou­quet of wildflowers and stared at it, holding it so tightly that she thought he might crack her bones. Then his hold gentled. He slipped a gold ring onto her finger and lifted his gaze to hers.

"I'm not a brave man; I'll never be a hero, but I love you more than life itself, and I will until the day I die. With you by my side, I'm a better man than I've ever been alone. I'm scared to death that I'll let you down, but I won't run this time. I'll stand firm and face the challenge and work hard to see that you never have any regrets. You told me once that you wanted to share a corner of my dream. Without you, Amelia, I have no dream. With you, I have everything I could ever dream of wanting."

Tears burned her eyes as he glanced back at the preacher. "I'm done."

-Houston to Amelia as his wedding vow. ~ Lorraine Heath

To be the child of a conficted or reputed witch was inherently dangerous; in one pathetic case in Lorraine a young couple were both accused, and it emerged that they had decided to marry after attending an execution at the stake of their respective parents, 'so that they would have nothing to reproach one another with. ~ Robin Briggs

We are running out of time, the earth is ravaged, our bodies are indefinite; Lorraine reminds us to make use of each moment. ~ Imani Perry

Would you rather leave?"
"Absolutely not. I may be bloodied, but I can still carry a sword. ~ Lorraine Heath

I find I often do my best work when I'm not attached to the outcome of the audition. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

But life was precarious and opportunities were never guaranteed. ~ Lorraine Heath

You may not see it, but even the lowliest servant has value, purpose, worth. Everyone has a place and none of those places should be diminished. ~ Lorraine Heath

...When she'd skillfully turned it back towards the herd, Rebecca lifted an arm to wave at Jake, her smile vis­ible even from this distance. He felt a familiar tightening in his loins. How many times had he watched her ride across the Lazy A, experienced the same stirrings, and rid­den away so she'd never know what his true feelings were? He didn't have to ride away today. He could watch her graceful movements to his heart's content. ~ Lorraine Heath

Lorraine once told me, smile big when you're sad. Smile big when you're happy. Smile big when you're bored. Because regardless how you feel, your face could use a stretch. ~ Marley Jacobs

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

To take from life what you can, while you can. ~ Lorraine Heath

The light and the dark are the same. They share. They really do rub up against each other, and they are extraordinarily familiar with each other. They are actually friends. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them. ~ Lorraine Bracco

Emotional abuse is designed to undermine another's sense of self.
It is deliberate humiliation, with the intent to seize control of how others feel about themselves. ~ Lorraine Nilon

Because I would very much like to kiss you, Miss Darling, and unlike you, I'm not in the habit of taking what rightfully belongs to someone else. ~ Lorraine Heath

Brittles stood at attention until Jack looked at him, then he bowed slightly. "I'm sorry to disturb you, sir, but an Inspector Swindler from Scotland Yard wishes to speak with you. Are you home?"
"Of course, I'm home, man. I'm sitting right here. ~ Lorraine Heath

I love characters that are very layered and complex. It's more exciting and different than any simple role- plus, I love a good challenge. ~ Lorraine Toussaint

Oh, Papa, I've done something terribly silly. I've fallen in love with someone, and he loves another. The strange thing is, as much as it hurts, I only want him to be happy. And if she'll make him happy, I want him to have her. ~ Lorraine Heath

You think the only battles fought are done so with rifles, and the only wounds that kill draw blood. You think courage is loud, boisterous, and proud. Mrs. Warner, I don't think you have a clue as to what this memorial truly represents.
-Clay to Meg ~ Lorraine Heath