The heart forgets its sorrow and ache. – James Russell Lowell

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. – Henry Ossawa Tanner

It is foolish to tear ones hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. – Marcus Tullius Cicero