

“In any event, the sloppy and fatuous nature of American good will can never be relied upon to deal with hard problems.”
― Fire Next Time
― Fire Next Time

“All of us, at first, had high hopes of helping Jimmie-he was so personable, so likeable, so quick and intelligent, it was difficult to believe that he might be beyond help.”
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat / Hallucinations / Awakenings
― The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat / Hallucinations / Awakenings

“And when I sat at Elijah's table and watched the baby, the women, and the men, and we talked about God's-or Allah's-vengeance, I wondered, when that vengeance was achieved, 'What will happen to all that beauty then?”
― Fire Next Time
― Fire Next Time

“…the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels.”
― Fire Next Time
― Fire Next Time

“I am far from convinced that being released from the African with doctor was worthwhile if I am now-in order to support the moral contradictions and the spiritual aridity of my life-expected to become dependent on the American psychiatrist.”
― Fire Next Time
― Fire Next Time
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