Karyn Parsons Quotes

“Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.”

“If you don't take care of this the most magnificent machine that you will ever be given...where are you going to live?”

“You don't have to be religious to hear God, you just have to be willing, and there's a big difference between the two.”

“Why would you want to be free of your destiny? Nothing else will satisfy. As for freedom, that's a matter of the heart. Pursue your destiny, and you'll find your freedom along the way.”

“He lost his appetite for reading. He was afraid of being overwhelmed again. In mystery novels people died like dolls being discarded; in science fiction enormities of space and time conspired to crush the humans ; and even in P.G. Wodehouse he felt a hollowness, a turning away from reality that was implicitly bitter, and became explicit in the comic figures of futile parsons.”

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”

“Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.”

“Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.”

“I like a girl with natural beauty.”

“If a girl is smiling and is bringing positive energy and she's happy, that's what I notice right away - and her teeth.”