166 quotes found
“My mom is a yoga instructor: 100% black with dreadlocks.”
“Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.”
“Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.”
“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.”
“For her fifth wedding, the bride wore black and carried a scotch and soda.”
“Life is not just black and white, there are a million shades in between.”
“Sarah Lynn strides out of the stairwell. Lawrence watches her go. The door slushes shut behind her, and he turns to me with a tightened jaw. I want to tell him: No, no, you've got it all wrong. I d...”
“Life starts from a white hole and ends in a black hole.”
“She focused on that nothingness, imagined it as ink spilling over everything she could possibly think or feel.”
“Hows things, man? The black man extended his hand for a handshake. Mathematical formulae were jotted on the sleeve of his shirt, right up to the elbow.Very good, said Peter. It had never occurred t...”
“My mission is to let black kids know that their dreams can happen.”
“I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.”
“Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a sunset?”
“The woman who preaches has poison religion. Let the respectable ones go”
“Black and white, vacuum of cosmos vis-à-vis occupancy of skies.”
“It is early, early morning. It's that time when it's still dark but you know the day is coming. Blue is bleeding through black. Stars are dying.”
“White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there has been a steady undercurrent of mutual admiration, an intermin...”
“But let’s not forget the Jew. Anybody that gives even a just criticism of the Jew is instantly labeled anti-Semite. The Jew cries louder than anybody else if anybody criticizes him. You can tell th...”
“Don’t you dare come into my world and tell me what color the ocean is! It’s black. Black as midnight. Black and awful!”
“I preach darkness. I don't inspire hope—only shadows. It's up to you to find the light in my words.”
