"Once you've made the journey, you can't pretend it didn't happen." June 1989, p. 4

"Those people do not play." Chapter One, p. 18

"No matter what, I wanted to go." Chapter Two, p. 34

"How was it that I should have this opportunity and they should not?" Chapter Three, p. 45

"Don't you go running to those people." Chapter Three, p. 40

"I, too, would emerge young, gifted, and black for all to admire." Chapter Three, p. 45

"What is wrong with us? Can you tell me what is wrong with my people?" Chapter Four, p. 79

"I felt as if I no longer belonged anywhere." Chapter Five, p. 100

"Trust no man." Chapter Ten, p. 192

"It was for me the first triumph of love over race." Chapter Eleven, p. 199

"I could never do it again, never make it right. I had not loved enough." Chapter Twelve, p. 219

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