“I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged.”

“He flushed, the colour dark against his pale skin. 'I mean. Tessa Gray, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?' Jem…”

“It is one of the strange ironies of history, that in a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal, men are still arguing over whether the color of a man’s skin determines the content of his character.”

““Do you believe that?” I asked.
“It doesn’t matter whether I believe it or not,” Redhouse said.”

“However, you will reincarnate whether or not you believe that you will. It is much easier if your theories fit reality, but if they do not, then you do not change reality one iota.”

“Surely the liberal ideal one is where, instead of obsessing about the ethnic backgrounds of actors, we treat their skin-colour as just one more attribute, like hair-colour or the ability to speak the appropriate accent for the production.”

“The colour of the skin is less important than the spirit wich moves it.”

“Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong.”

“…in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.”

“The candlelight dances off her mahogany-coloured skin as she un-robes, and she is smiling from the very middle of herself, and you look at them and you think "This is the one, this is it" and then—and then the cage comes down!”