“People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence”

“The world isn't black and white, Annie, it's shades of grey.”

“Adulthood isn't black and white - it's a thousand shades of grey. Or taupe. It's not who you are, it's where you are.”

“There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember thatmight be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.”

“I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.”

“There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.”

“The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.”

“Oh, ‘twould be marvelous if the world and its moral questions were like some game board, with plain black players and white, and fixed rules, and nary a shade of grey.”

“Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.”

“since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light”