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Barbara Neely
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“'Criminal justice' was a term she found more apt than it was meant to be.”
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“[On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.”
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“For just once in my life, I'd like to get through a whole week without having to deal with some fool, white or black, who's got an attitude about the way I look.”
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“No matter how old we get, life's always got a lesson for you. Most likely one you've learned ten times before.”
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“I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the people who are assumed not to have a worldview.”
Barbara Neely, U.S. writer, social activist
(1941)
Her name sometimes appears BarbaraNeely.