Alice Dunbar-Nelson Quotes (5 Quotes)

In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of youthful patriots who seriously set themselves to right the wrongs done to their race or nation or . . . art or self-expression.

It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.

I had not thought of violets of late, The wild, shy kind that springs beneath your feet In wistful April days.

I sit and sew -- a useless task it seems, My hands grown tired, my head weighed down with dreams . . .

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.