"Seems like God don’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams—but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile."

Quote: 

Seems like God don’t see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams—but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.

Attribution: 

Mama to Ruth, Act III. In Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun. With an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. NY: Vintage, 2004.