Percival Everett Quotes

them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.

When does the war end?” I asked. “Does it end? That’s the question. Who gets to say that it’s over? A war continues until the victor says it’s over.

When you are a slave, you claim choice where you can.

I have dark brown skin, curly hair, a broad nose, some of my ancestors were slaves and I have been detained by pasty white policemen in New Hampshire, Arizona and Georgia and so the society in which I live tells me I am black; that is my race.

If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not learning.

No creo en ningún Dios. Es imposible sentarse aquí, tocar todas estas carpetas, leer todas las páginas y seguir creyendo en un dios.

I had to hide my excitement about the discovery of books.

I'm wanted for being a runaway, kidnapping, theft and murder.'
'Are you guilty?' Holly asked.
'Does it matter?' I asked.

Perhaps to protect me from the bright light of God. If there was a God, he or she was no good at its job. Apparently there was just too much to do, listening to the prayers of all those who actually mattered, the faithful, the pious, the deluded, the stupid.

Because we must let the whites be the ones who name the trouble.” “And why is that?” I asked. February said, “Because they need to know everything before us. Because they need to name everything.