Alice Childress said this quote

dear little baby of the folks I work for, I got a present for you .. my whole damn life! I'm handin' it over to you & your ma & pa. if you got no money to pay, I wanna stay anyhow, my pleasure is to wait on you forever. to hell with my children & hooray for you!.. you stayin' up all night fixin' up Character Parts for me! givin' 'em what you call dignity! dignity! you know what your dignity is? a black straw hat with a flower stickin' up in front, hands folded cross my stomach, sayin' the same damn fool things .. only nice & easy & proper! --trouble in mind (1955)

~ Alice Childress

I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another it's a very deep matter.

~ Alice Childress

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave-and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

~ Alice Childress

Like snowflakes the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action.

~ Alice Childress