The children said together, “And the better they feel, the … - Percival Everett

" "
The children said together, “And the better they feel, the safer we are.” “February, translate that.” “Da mo’ betta dey feels, da mo’ safer we be.” “Nice.

Percival Everett

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Percival Everett

Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Full Quote All quotes from Percival Everett Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Percival Everett:

Octavia E. Butler Margaret Atwood Orson Scott Card Ralph Ellison Roger Zelazny

Additional quotes by Percival Everett

gun at me. I pointed my pistol at him. “I am the angel of death, come to offer sweet justice in the night,” I said. “I am a sign. I am your future. I am James.” I pulled back the hammer on my pistol.

I can tell you that I am a man who is cognizant of his world, a man who has a family, who loves a family, who has been torn from his family, a man who can read and write, a man who will not let his story be self-related, but self-written.

And though I missed my lover, I was not sad. I was satisfied. I was different.

The children said together, “And the better they feel, the safer we are.” “February, translate that.” “Da mo’ betta dey feels, da mo’ safer we be.” “… - Percival Everett

About Percival Everett

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Percival Everett