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“His uncles adhered to those ancient rules of southern living, for they understood how easily a colored man’s general comportment could turn into a matter of life and death. Darren had always wanted to believe that theirs was the last generation to have to live that way, that change might trickle down from the White House. When in fact the opposite had proved to be true. In the wake of Obama, America had told on itself.”
― Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird

“You gat to realize what a woman count for in dis country. What a woman say don't mean shit in Santa Maria. What a man say is law.”
― Ian G. Strachan, God's Angry Babies

“What idiots, they should have known that in Luanda you can't take photographs wherever you like.”
― Ondjaki, Good Morning Comrades

“Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer).”
― Albert Camus