Chester Himes Quotes
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The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.
— Robert Anton Wilson
Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the inevitability of death.
— Chester Himes
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.
— Chester Himes
The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.
— Chester Himes
I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
— Chester Himes
Up there in my snug sweet tower, I felt I'd made landfall in the shoals of shifting clouds. Far enough from the crowds to relish the crowds.
— Kathleen Rooney
I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.
— Adam Carolla
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
— Chester Himes
I'm in love with my work
— Charice Pempengco
Choice is a subtle form of disease.
— Don DeLillo
what i really need is a dead man.
— Chester Himes
At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep.
— Elizabeth Gaskell
The discovery brings him victory, the kind of victory that isn't the end of a battle but the beginning of a life.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.
— Jim Harrison