“Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.”

“Painting for me is merely a means of forgetting life. It is a cry in the night. A sob broken off. A strangled laugh.”

“Cry about the simple hell people give other people- without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they're people too.”

“Give me a mystery – just a plain and simple one – a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little, barefoot mystery: give me a mystery – just one!”

“Don't liken me to that [SOB]. Anybody that lets his public policies be mixed up with religious prejudice is a plain [GD] fool.”

“There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.”

“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.”

“Your explanation depresses me,"" I said.
""Your nonsense depresses me,"" said Simple.”

“I am not her to vent my feelings. I am here to achieve my goals.”

“Jailer: You understand my position, sir, there's nothing I can do; I'm a plain, simple man and just want to keep out of trouble.
More: Oh, Sweet Jesus! These plain, simple men!”