“The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“Who asked them dern pigs?” he said. “I guess they tracked us,” Augustus said. “They’re enterprising pigs.”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.”
― The Wretched of the Earth
― The Wretched of the Earth
“At first glance it seems strange that the attitude of the anti-Semite can be equated with that of the negrophobe. It was my philosophy teacher from the Antilles who reminded me one day: “When you hear someone insulting the Jews pay attention; he is talking about you.” And I believed at the time he was universally right, meaning that I was responsible in my body and my soul for the fate reserved for my brother. Since then, I have understood that what he meant quite simply was the anti-Semite is inevitably a negrophobe.”
― Black Skin, White Masks
― Black Skin, White Masks
“It's like I told you last night son. The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight, he added”
― Lonesome Dove
― Lonesome Dove
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