What are some important quotes from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

It seemed that the piece of a day's ending was an assurance that the covenant God made with children, Negroes, and the crippled was still in effect.

If you ever tell anybody what we did, I'll have to kill Bailey.

The Black woman in the South who raises sons, grandsons, and nephews had her heartstrings tied to a hanging noose. Any break from routine may herald for them unbearable news. For this reason, Southern Blacks until the present generation could be counted among America's arch conservatives.