Jacqueline Woodson Quotes (4 Quotes)

Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women.

I think it's important that everyday we think about the work we need to do to make this world a better place. I mean, we should wake up thinking about it and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's tasks. There's an awful lot of change needing to be made around here.

People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I never want to be other than an African American.

In the summer I have this friend who I am closest to, and sometimes, in the winter, I long to call her up and say, come here and live with me, in this cold place. But we are summer friends. There is a rule it seems, that summer friends don't get together in the wintertime. Now, sitting here, waiting for her, I realize that I have never seen her in a winter coat, and for some reason that makes me sadder than anything else in the world.