“ The part of the tradition that I knew best was mostly written (or rewritten for children) in England and northern Europe. The principal characters were men. If the story was heroic, the hero was a whi… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract. Oliver Wendell Holmes
“ We hate some persons because we do not know them and will not know them because we hate them. Charles Caleb Colton
“ Are you sure you've never dated girls before? You're awfully good at this." Hunter's gaze returned to me. I could see some of that hated anger still in her eyes. "Kissing?"I couldn't help laughing. "T… Eliza Lentzski
“ It is a great shock at the age of 5 or 6 to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. James Baldwin
“ Remember this as long as you live: Whenever you meet up with anyone who is trying to cause trouble between people, anyone who tries to tell you that a man can't be a good American because he's a Catho… Superman
“ It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation as coloured Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its tomorrow if its refugees are among its own citizens. Pearl Buck
“ ... Science... denude(s) all religious beliefs... denigrating them as irrational forms of superstition or myth regardless of their intrinsic rationality or value. Nicolas Gane
“ We are chameleons and our partialities and prejudices change places with an easy and blessed facility. Mark Twain
“ There are only two ways to be quite unprejudiced and impartial. One is to be completely ignorant. The other is to be completely indifferent. Charles Curtis
“ I am 52 years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote. Bishop Desmond Tutu
“ Since my little daughter is only half Jewish would it be alright if she went into the pool only up to her waist? Groucho Marx
“ One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. H. L. Mencken
“ A tense account of the perils facing those who sought freedom in the lead-up to the Civil War. Publishers Weekly
“ People are always afraid of anything different. They are afraid of change," says Sensai. "It is the same everywhere. Sandy Fussell
“ Just as the Netherlands was the last country to abolish slavery, they are still the last one opulently celebrating racism; the English had to force the Dutch to abolish slavery in the late 19th centur… Dauglas Dauglas
“ The rural, mid-19th-century dialect, coupled with the author's interest in ethnobotany, roots the story deeply in the houses, forests, gardens, and even streambeds of antebellum Virginia. –School Libr… Sharon Lovejoy
“ Very different from other middle grade of YA stories I've read about slaves running during the 1800s. – Wandering Librarian Sharon Lovejoy
