“She didn't struggle and so she didn't grow”

“She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made up of advances that were actually frantic retreats and victories that were concealed defeats.”

“She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.”

“She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.”

“God forgive me everything!’ she said, feeling the impossibility of struggling…”

“She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.”

“She created the idea of a day “on,” as opposed to a day “off.” She wanted it to become a holiday of community service so that people felt connected to his work and understood that the struggle continues. She believed that sacrifice is not something that is unrewarding. And ultimately, she wanted his legacy to expand into the realm of human rights. The journey began with civil rights for African Americans, but that was only just the beginning.”

“She began life as a poet, in later years when the compulsion of events drew into the national struggle, she plunged into it with all the zest and fire she possessed…. whose whole life became a poem and a song and who infused artistry and grace in the national struggle, just as Mahatma Gandhi had infused moral grandeur to it.”

“She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.”

“She knew that life was but a long struggle against disorder, and that disorder was the inevitable winner.”