“I am sliding, down,down. Toward blackness, I must not sleep. I must not sleep.I.Must.Not.Sleep.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I feel like I have a very typical west African physique, and that is part of my blackness! — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness,… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“His raspy voice cut through the blackness, darker than the blackness. 'Mine.” — Laura Oliva Copy Share Image
It's better to have your blackness taken away than to stand and lie about who you actually are. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“Groping in the blackness seems an appropriate metaphor for the creative life. You are compelled to do this work but cannot know… — Elizabeth Ross Copy Share Image
“have you ever heard a black woman weep over her skinmurdered child. it is the splitting of atoms. it is billions of… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
It is only against the pitch blackness of the night that we see the glory of the stars. And it is only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
“There's more to blackness than bludgeoning people with memories of past atrocities and injustices or the discussion of how difficult it is… — Touré Copy Share Image
To be Black is the greatest fiction of my life. Yet I'm still bound to its myth. I can't help but think… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
We tend to misunderstand the colour black, seeing it as evil, or negation of life. Rather, black means all things being possible,… — Rachel Pollack Copy Share Image
As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't considered to be 'black'… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
Part of what I am dealing with, with this blackness, is asking the question, "Where are those black people, who are as… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“I'm warning you. I'm going to get waxy. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this… — William Golding Copy Share Image
The golden line is drawn between winter and summer. Behind all is blackness and darkness and dissolution. Before is hope, and soft… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
No one knows how greatness comes to a man. It may lie in his blackness, sleeping, or it may lance into him… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time. — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
I'm gonna spread out over America intrude my proud blackness all over the place. — Mari Evans Copy Share Image
Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Iron was black and sheenless, but cleansing and polishing washed away its blackness. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“blackness of deep space with a few stars glittering like the dandruff on the shoulders of God.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We're not troubled at all, but I think...Well, we're Scandinavians! We're Vikings and we have a lot of blackness in our souls. — Nina Persson Copy Share Image
“A Black Madonna: the blackness of death, but also the blackness of good soil, dark with decay, which gives rise to life.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“The blackness tried to swallow us whole, kill us, ruin us, capture our soul” — Pepper Winters Copy Share Image
My paintings are very much about the consumption and production of blackness. And how blackness is marketed to the world. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare. — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
You can't just say in one sentence what is blackness or what is black culture or what makes you who you are. — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Whereas your blackness, ethnicity, homosexuality is something that might be genetic, I can't touch that, and I have no right. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
