The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as wel…

- Nella Larsen

If sex isn't a joke, what is it?

- Nella Larsen

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.

- Nella Larsen

What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?

- Nella Larsen

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.

- Nella Larsen

These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy o…

- Nella Larsen

Have you ever stopped to think how much unhappiness and downright cruelty are laid to the loving kindness of the Lord? And always by His most ardent …

- Nella Larsen

Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow began to fade from h…

- Nella Larsen

New York's the lonesomest place in the world if you don't know anybody.

- Nella Larsen