“Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.”

“Mom says it's because she has PMS.
Do you even know what that means?
"I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome”

“Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means… for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something…
…
Asagai: It means… it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough.”

“Words, how little they mean when you're a little too late.”

“Do you know what it means to be loved by Death?… Do you know what it means to have Death know your name?”

“It is little silly to be a caricature of something of which you know very little, and which means very little to you, but to be your own caricature — that is the true carnival!”

“This is what it means to be loved… when someone wants to touch you, to be tender…”

“There's not much money - if that's what you mean."
"Approximately."
"Once all the debts are paid there will be very little.”

“Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly you mean what you mean. But if you have vitality enough of knowing enough of what you mean, somebody and sometime and sometimes a great many will have to realize that you know what you mean and so they will agree that you mean what you know, what you know you mean, which is as near as anybody can come to understanding any one.”

“To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.”