Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.
Source: A Candle in a Gale Wind, in Black Women Writers, ed. Mari Evans, 1984.
-- Alice Childress, (Oct 12 1920-1994), US playwright, actress, director; She was a successful actress and director before becoming a playwright; her plays include Florence, 1950 and Trouble in Mind, 1955.