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Walter Mosley quotes: Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford. Black men of our day were never told, The sky's the limit ... We could aspire to Joe Louis but never Henry Ford.
Walter Mosley quotes: I think it's some kind of meeting of energies that causes what we see, and that part of those energies emanate from our lifeforces, our minds. I think it's some kind of meeting of energies that causes what we see, and that part of those energies emanate from our lifeforces, our minds.
Walter Mosley quotes: Asking a Southern woman for plain hospitality was like winking at a leprechaun: She had to give up her pot of gold no matter what. Asking a Southern woman for plain hospitality was like winking at a leprechaun: She had to give up her pot of gold no matter what.
Walter Mosley quotes: I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political. I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political.
Walter Mosley quotes: When you get old you begin to understand that no one talks unless someone listens, and no one knows nuthin' less somebody else can understand. When you get old you begin to understand that no one talks unless someone listens, and no one knows nuthin' less somebody else can understand.
Walter Mosley quotes: Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too. Mouse was the truest friend I ever had. And if there is such a thing as true evil, he was that too.
Walter Mosley quotes: I couldn't see why it shouldn't be my one hundred dollars. I couldn't see why it shouldn't be my one hundred dollars.
Walter Mosley quotes: Our collective freedom ... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others. Our collective freedom ... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
Walter Mosley quotes: I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world. I'm just a survivor from the train wreck of the modern world.
Walter Mosley quotes: Love makes you blind to your own survival. And if it doesn't then it's not love at all. Love makes you blind to your own survival. And if it doesn't then it's not love at all.
Walter Mosley quotes: I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war. I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.
Walter Mosley quotes: You have made Commerce a god that weighs on humanity like a twenty-four-pound boil on a man's back (117-118) You have made Commerce a god that weighs on humanity like a twenty-four-pound boil on a man's back (117-118)
Walter Mosley quotes: A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him. A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him.
Walter Mosley quotes: But all of those things were possible back then even though nobody But all of those things were possible back then even though nobody
Walter Mosley quotes: The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer. The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer.
Walter Mosley quotes: A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting. A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.
Walter Mosley quotes: There was something about his grandfather's death, about men who love their sons ... There was something about his grandfather's death, about men who love their sons ...
Walter Mosley quotes: He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world's excuses. He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world's excuses.
Walter Mosley quotes: But literacy didn't make you smart, just like, as Twill had already figured out, money didn't make you rich. But literacy didn't make you smart, just like, as Twill had already figured out, money didn't make you rich.
Walter Mosley quotes: The reader is always looking for two things in the novel: themselves and transcendence. The reader is always looking for two things in the novel: themselves and transcendence.
Walter Mosley quotes: I hit him more times than necessary but by then my actions were mostly chemical, like a soldier ant or a teenager in love. I hit him more times than necessary but by then my actions were mostly chemical, like a soldier ant or a teenager in love.
Walter Mosley quotes: The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me. The police and I have a deal. I don't talk to them and they don't listen to me.
Walter Mosley quotes: Oster blender. I poured that concoction into a griddle of sizzling butter, then sprinkled diced strawberries on the wet side. Three Oster blender. I poured that concoction into a griddle of sizzling butter, then sprinkled diced strawberries on the wet side. Three
Walter Mosley quotes: I wondered if I could just drop the role I carried like a mantle of a dethroned prince. I wondered if I could just drop the role I carried like a mantle of a dethroned prince.
Walter Mosley quotes: A man who is already insane was frightening enough, but when he goes crazy ... A man who is already insane was frightening enough, but when he goes crazy ...
Walter Mosley quotes: Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.
Walter Mosley quotes: My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics. My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.
Walter Mosley quotes: all those days I was walkin' on the streets, I kept thinkin' how special you got to be to get born. all those days I was walkin' on the streets, I kept thinkin' how special you got to be to get born.
Walter Mosley quotes: They want to hold on to you and your people. They have isolated the ones who might grow powerful and overthrow their debauched reign. They want to hold on to you and your people. They have isolated the ones who might grow powerful and overthrow their debauched reign.
Walter Mosley quotes: It's hard for a man to understand a woman because a man just desires her; but women, most of them anyway, desire desire. It's hard for a man to understand a woman because a man just desires her; but women, most of them anyway, desire desire.
Walter Mosley quotes: I have to agree that most people in America read a kind of a fiction which is not of a high literary calibre. People read for entertainment. I have to agree that most people in America read a kind of a fiction which is not of a high literary calibre. People read for entertainment.
Walter Mosley quotes: The older you get the more you live in the past The older you get the more you live in the past
Walter Mosley quotes: Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two. Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.
Walter Mosley quotes: My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world. My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.
Walter Mosley quotes: Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book. Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book.
Walter Mosley quotes: That was why so many Jews back then understood the American Negro; in Europe the Jew had been a Negro for more than a thousand years. That was why so many Jews back then understood the American Negro; in Europe the Jew had been a Negro for more than a thousand years.
Walter Mosley quotes: The law," he continued, "is made by the rich people so that the poor people can't get ahead ... The law," he continued, "is made by the rich people so that the poor people can't get ahead ...
Walter Mosley quotes: Your people have lost the vision and vitality of your ancestors (73). Your people have lost the vision and vitality of your ancestors (73).
Walter Mosley quotes: We born dyin' ... But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah. We born dyin' ... But you ask a man an' he talk like he gonna live forevah.
Walter Mosley quotes: if I had only picked up a telephone and spoken my heart. if I had only picked up a telephone and spoken my heart.
Walter Mosley quotes: When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities. When I went to school, there were no Black philosophers, at least none that I was aware of, who were recognized by Western universities.
Walter Mosley quotes: I destroyed that doll, hoping the sacrifice would somehow reverse time and bring my father back. I was a mad scientist and an angry child. I destroyed that doll, hoping the sacrifice would somehow reverse time and bring my father back. I was a mad scientist and an angry child.
Walter Mosley quotes: The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures. The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.
Walter Mosley quotes: I'm just a lie waiting to happen. I'm just a lie waiting to happen.
Walter Mosley quotes: This distinction was very important to him: His mother did love him but not enough to save him. This distinction was very important to him: His mother did love him but not enough to save him.
Walter Mosley quotes: Lawyer even sounds like liar. Lawyer even sounds like liar.
Walter Mosley quotes: Blood may be thicker than water, but family has them both beat. Blood may be thicker than water, but family has them both beat.
Walter Mosley quotes: I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children. I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
Walter Mosley quotes: Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it. Writing is almost a place of dreams for me, and I don't have to give up anything to do it.
Walter Mosley quotes: I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on, but they're explorers. I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on, but they're explorers.
Walter Mosley quotes: Better to listen to the gospel than to a mortal leader. Better to listen to the gospel than to a mortal leader.
Walter Mosley quotes: Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction. Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction.
Walter Mosley quotes: I like to read either in motion or in water ... I am happiest reading in the bathtub. I like to read either in motion or in water ... I am happiest reading in the bathtub.
Walter Mosley quotes: Rest easy and go with the faith you lived with Rest easy and go with the faith you lived with
Walter Mosley quotes: If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.
Walter Mosley quotes: But I wasn't there to treat the incurable ills of megalomania. But I wasn't there to treat the incurable ills of megalomania.
Walter Mosley quotes: Mrs. Turner gripped my baby finger.It's amazing how a man can feel sex anywhere on his body. Mrs. Turner gripped my baby finger.
It's amazing how a man can feel sex anywhere on his body.
Walter Mosley quotes: I'm sorry he's dead but I am happier, by far, that he lived. I'm sorry he's dead but I am happier, by far, that he lived.
Walter Mosley quotes: The girl was cinnamon colored in the way of Native America after it had been raped by Europe. The girl was cinnamon colored in the way of Native America after it had been raped by Europe.
Walter Mosley quotes: I don't give a fuck what you're trying to do or what you want. I'd send your ass away if you were a white man with a red ribbon tied I don't give a fuck what you're trying to do or what you want. I'd send your ass away if you were a white man with a red ribbon tied around your dick.
Walter Mosley quotes: He said that a men's work cloths are the only real cloths he has. He said that a men's work cloths are the only real cloths he has.
Walter Mosley quotes: All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature. All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature.
Walter Mosley quotes: Maybe that's what they're afraid of. Maybe they don't want these children to make up their own minds. Maybe if they did that, the world would change. Maybe that's what they're afraid of. Maybe they don't want these children to make up their own minds. Maybe if they did that, the world would change.
Walter Mosley quotes: There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same. There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same.
Walter Mosley quotes: Sometimes you might forget who you are and where, but that's okay because there's always somebody around that's happy to remind you. Sometimes you might forget who you are and where, but that's okay because there's always somebody around that's happy to remind you.
Walter Mosley quotes: mortality is a living critique of the divine, mortality is a living critique of the divine,
Walter Mosley quotes: But at night we began dreaming of Man's perfect world without humanity (57) But at night we began dreaming of Man's perfect world without humanity (57)
Walter Mosley quotes: I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.
Walter Mosley quotes: It's a disheartening feeling when you can't stand the touch of someone but neither can you push them away. It's a disheartening feeling when you can't stand the touch of someone but neither can you push them away.
Walter Mosley quotes: Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family. Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

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