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Colson Whitehead Quote: “I was a skinny guy, but I was morbidly obese with doom.”

401. “I was a skinny guy, but I was morbidly obese with doom.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Get them off the plantation and they learned to read, it was a disease.”

402. “Get them off the plantation and they learned to read, it was a disease.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The moon grew fat and thin, there were solstices, first frosts and spring rains. All these things proceeded without the interference of men. She tried to imagine what the tide looked like, coming in and going out, nipping at the sand like a little dog, heedless of people and their machinations. Her strength returned.”

403. “The moon grew fat and thin, there were solstices, first frosts and spring rains. All these things proceeded without the interference of men. She tried to imagine what the tide looked like, coming in and going out, nipping at the sand like a little dog, heedless of people and their machinations. Her strength returned.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Optimism skipped out on the rent a while back, but the cynic in the penthouse won’t leave until led out by marshals.”

404. “Optimism skipped out on the rent a while back, but the cynic in the penthouse won’t leave until led out by marshals.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “To preempt rejection she dresses to exaggerate her difference when the true enemy is not the world’s disdain but its indifference. He is surely the next item in a dreary procession and cannot be seen for all those previous disappointments.”

405. “To preempt rejection she dresses to exaggerate her difference when the true enemy is not the world’s disdain but its indifference. He is surely the next item in a dreary procession and cannot be seen for all those previous disappointments.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “It was a night in late August, a night that rekindled in rattling windows and tree branch palsy that lost recollection of autumn, misplaced for the succession of bright summer distractions, trapped heat in small rooms and sweaty underarms.”

406. “It was a night in late August, a night that rekindled in rattling windows and tree branch palsy that lost recollection of autumn, misplaced for the succession of bright summer distractions, trapped heat in small rooms and sweaty underarms.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Let one colored in and you’re integrated. Let two in, you got a race war as they try to kiss up to whitey.”

407. “Let one colored in and you’re integrated. Let two in, you got a race war as they try to kiss up to whitey.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Craftsmen and artisans created items that were brittle rumors compared with his father’s iron facts.”

408. “Craftsmen and artisans created items that were brittle rumors compared with his father’s iron facts.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “I was one of them on the dance floor and they were one of me. I jostled, was jostled in turn, collision as communication: I am here, we’re here together. The bass bounced my shirt on my chest.”

409. “I was one of them on the dance floor and they were one of me. I jostled, was jostled in turn, collision as communication: I am here, we’re here together. The bass bounced my shirt on my chest.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Some days Carney felt the need to press his cousin on a lie until it broke and some days his love was such that the slightest quiver of mistrust made him ashamed.”

410. “Some days Carney felt the need to press his cousin on a lie until it broke and some days his love was such that the slightest quiver of mistrust made him ashamed.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “I sleep poorly, but I nap rich.”

411. “I sleep poorly, but I nap rich.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Fear drove these people, even more than cotton money.”

412. “Fear drove these people, even more than cotton money.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Anyone can start a religion. They just need the need of others.”

413. “Anyone can start a religion. They just need the need of others.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The nervous talk was understandable; for most, this was their first visit with a doctor. On the Randall plantation, the doctor was only called when the slave remedies, the roots and salves, had failed and a valued hand was near death.”

414. “The nervous talk was understandable; for most, this was their first visit with a doctor. On the Randall plantation, the doctor was only called when the slave remedies, the roots and salves, had failed and a valued hand was near death.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “When she got older, she described herself as a student of American history, attuned to the inevitable. She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. That is how the European tribes operate, she said. If they can’t control it, they destroy it.”

415. “When she got older, she described herself as a student of American history, attuned to the inevitable. She said that white towns had simply banded together to rid themselves of the black stronghold in their midst. That is how the European tribes operate, she said. If they can’t control it, they destroy it.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Or maybe she will keep it a garden. An anchor in the vicious waters of the plantation to prevent her from being carried away. Until she chose to be carried away.”

416. “Or maybe she will keep it a garden. An anchor in the vicious waters of the plantation to prevent her from being carried away. Until she chose to be carried away.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Where the goblin world and its assaults were banished and there was nothing but possibility.”

417. “Where the goblin world and its assaults were banished and there was nothing but possibility.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The streets were shrinking, and she felt about the places they led to the same way she felt about her hair when she saw it on the bathroom floor after her mother cut it off.”

418. “The streets were shrinking, and she felt about the places they led to the same way she felt about her hair when she saw it on the bathroom floor after her mother cut it off.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The old woman had destroyed his family so thoroughly it couldn’t have been accidental. It wasn’t her niece’s greed – the old woman had played a trick on them the whole time.”

419. “The old woman had destroyed his family so thoroughly it couldn’t have been accidental. It wasn’t her niece’s greed – the old woman had played a trick on them the whole time.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “On nights when Tom Bird felt separate from his life’s design, he shared stories of the Great Spirit. The Great Spirit lived in all things – the earth, the sky, the animals and forests – flowing through and connecting them in a divine thread.”

420. “On nights when Tom Bird felt separate from his life’s design, he shared stories of the Great Spirit. The Great Spirit lived in all things – the earth, the sky, the animals and forests – flowing through and connecting them in a divine thread.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “They strung up the guilty and, in the interest of prevention, a robust percentage of the innocent.”

421. “They strung up the guilty and, in the interest of prevention, a robust percentage of the innocent.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Carpenter snarled when he said the word, a mangy dog hoarding his bone:.”

422. “Carpenter snarled when he said the word, a mangy dog hoarding his bone:.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “George sawed with his fiddle, the notes swirling up into night like sparks gusted from a fire.”

423. “George sawed with his fiddle, the notes swirling up into night like sparks gusted from a fire.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The man with the handlebar mustache had a scar that dug from his lip to the middle of his cheek, as if he’d wriggled free from a fisherman’s hook.”

424. “The man with the handlebar mustache had a scar that dug from his lip to the middle of his cheek, as if he’d wriggled free from a fisherman’s hook.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Aronowitz twirled in his chair and scurried into the workshop in the back, to more grunts. He reminded Carney of a squirrel in the park, darting helter-skelter after lost nuts. Maybe the other squirrels of Radio Row understood this behavior, but it was animal madness to this civilian.”

425. “Aronowitz twirled in his chair and scurried into the workshop in the back, to more grunts. He reminded Carney of a squirrel in the park, darting helter-skelter after lost nuts. Maybe the other squirrels of Radio Row understood this behavior, but it was animal madness to this civilian.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?”

426. “Whoever has the better stuff wins. Sound familiar, American lackeys of late-stage capitalism?”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “He had a narrow raccoon face that drew Elwood’s attention to his tiny nose and dark circles under his eyes and thick bristly eyebrows. Spencer was fastidious with his dark blue Nickel uniform; every crease in his clothes looked sharp enough to cut, as if he were a living blade.”

427. “He had a narrow raccoon face that drew Elwood’s attention to his tiny nose and dark circles under his eyes and thick bristly eyebrows. Spencer was fastidious with his dark blue Nickel uniform; every crease in his clothes looked sharp enough to cut, as if he were a living blade.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The owner of the plant store dipped her fingers into the soil of a pot earmarked for a city plant, one hearty in the way the shop’s customers were hearty, for wasn’t every citizen on the Grand Island a sort of sturdy indoor variety that didn’t need much sunlight.”

428. “The owner of the plant store dipped her fingers into the soil of a pot earmarked for a city plant, one hearty in the way the shop’s customers were hearty, for wasn’t every citizen on the Grand Island a sort of sturdy indoor variety that didn’t need much sunlight.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Her new life required a different sort of strength. She was meticulous in her posture, a walking spear, in the manner of those who’d been made to bend and will bend no more.”

429. “Her new life required a different sort of strength. She was meticulous in her posture, a walking spear, in the manner of those who’d been made to bend and will bend no more.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “There was no recourse, were no laws but the ones rewritten every day.”

430. “There was no recourse, were no laws but the ones rewritten every day.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Why not remove his desk, bring in a treadmill, hang a carrot from the ceiling and stop all pretense already.”

431. “Why not remove his desk, bring in a treadmill, hang a carrot from the ceiling and stop all pretense already.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Patriots boasted of how often they’d been searched and given a clean bill.”

432. “Patriots boasted of how often they’d been searched and given a clean bill.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Hard work was the fundamental thing. For hard work did not allow time for marches.”

433. “Hard work was the fundamental thing. For hard work did not allow time for marches.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Taken individually, the link was not much. But in concert with its fellows, a mighty iron that subjugated millions despite its weakness.”

434. “Taken individually, the link was not much. But in concert with its fellows, a mighty iron that subjugated millions despite its weakness.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The reunions were terrific and rote, early tutelage in the recursive nature of human experience.”

435. “The reunions were terrific and rote, early tutelage in the recursive nature of human experience.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The light at this hour, on this street, is the secondhand gray of ghetto twilight, a dull mercury color.”

436. “The light at this hour, on this street, is the secondhand gray of ghetto twilight, a dull mercury color.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Who are you after you finish something this magnificent – in constructing it you have also journeyed through it, to the other side.”

437. “Who are you after you finish something this magnificent – in constructing it you have also journeyed through it, to the other side.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The mere fact of Vegas, its necessity, was an indictment of our normal lives. If we needed this place – to transform into a high roller or a sexy swinger, to be someone else, a winner for once – then certainly the world beyond the desert was a small and mealy place indeed.”

438. “The mere fact of Vegas, its necessity, was an indictment of our normal lives. If we needed this place – to transform into a high roller or a sexy swinger, to be someone else, a winner for once – then certainly the world beyond the desert was a small and mealy place indeed.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “In time the saplings and hedges on the perimeter would provide shade and character; now they spoke of fine intentions.”

439. “In time the saplings and hedges on the perimeter would provide shade and character; now they spoke of fine intentions.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “HOLLYWOODING: Using all your years of deceiving others to put on a show at the table. Ever said, “Cute baby,” about some newborn who’d found a portal between their Hell Dimension and our world? You may have a career in poker.”

440. “HOLLYWOODING: Using all your years of deceiving others to put on a show at the table. Ever said, “Cute baby,” about some newborn who’d found a portal between their Hell Dimension and our world? You may have a career in poker.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “If two women were a flaw, what was a community?”

441. “If two women were a flaw, what was a community?”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Favorite pots showed their dark bottoms from hooks and gaily colored flowers from the pasture leaned out of thin glassware.”

442. “Favorite pots showed their dark bottoms from hooks and gaily colored flowers from the pasture leaned out of thin glassware.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Women and animals, you only have to break them in once, he said. They stay broke. All.”

443. “Women and animals, you only have to break them in once, he said. They stay broke. All.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Reconnected the dead to the living world that processed without them.”

444. “Reconnected the dead to the living world that processed without them.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The doctor was a frequent visitor at Miss Trumball’s establishment, preferring it to the Lanchester house, whose girls had a saturnine disposition in his opinion, as if imported from Maine or other gloom-loving provinces.”

445. “The doctor was a frequent visitor at Miss Trumball’s establishment, preferring it to the Lanchester house, whose girls had a saturnine disposition in his opinion, as if imported from Maine or other gloom-loving provinces.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “She wondered where he escaped from, how bad it was, and how far he traveled before he put it behind him.”

446. “She wondered where he escaped from, how bad it was, and how far he traveled before he put it behind him.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel not so terrible about my various emotional issues.”

447. “Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel not so terrible about my various emotional issues.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “May the next traveler not tarry and keep moving up the line, all the way to liberty.”

448. “May the next traveler not tarry and keep moving up the line, all the way to liberty.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “Adult trouble was more permanent than Aunt Millie smacking you with a hairbrush or his father taking off his belt.”

449. “Adult trouble was more permanent than Aunt Millie smacking you with a hairbrush or his father taking off his belt.”

— Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead Quote: “The paint hung in thin rinds from the ceiling, and the sooty windows turned every hour overcast.”

450. “The paint hung in thin rinds from the ceiling, and the sooty windows turned every hour overcast.”

— Colson Whitehead

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