“Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which the racial wisdom flowed.”
Richard Wright
“Storytelling is a folk art. All folks do it. It's how we stay connected to each other. It's art because it can be elevated to a very sophisticated level.”
David Gonzalez
“My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.”
Dorothy Parker
“The only really happy folk are married women and single men.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
Atticus
“Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.”
Sir Walter Scott
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
Harper Lee
