--- title: "4 Blacks Quotes By Percival Everett" description: "4 Blacks quotes by Percival Everett. Plus more from Percival Everett and more Blacks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_i-had-never-seen-a-white-man-filled-with_812451.jpg" --- > [“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. The remarkable truth, however, was that it was not the pistol,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-had-never-seen-a-white-man-filled-with-such-fear-the-remarkable/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_i-had-never-seen-a-white-man-filled-with_812451.jpg) > [“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-against-slavery-how-much-of/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-a_1205607.jpg) > [“Why did God set it up like this?” Rachel asked. “With them as masters and us as slaves?” “There is no God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/why-did-god-set-it-up-like-this-rachel-asked-with-them-as-masters-and/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_why-did-god-set-it-up-like-this-rachel-a_1314189.jpg) > [“It’s a horrible world. White people try to tell us that everything will be just fine when we go to heaven. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/it-s-a-horrible-world-white-people-try-to-tell-us-that-everything/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/percival-everett-21881_african-americans_it-s-a-horrible-world-white-people-try-t_2911965.jpg) ## Other authors on Blacks - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-petry-13575.jpg) Ann Petry 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/ann-petry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-angie-thomas-2699.jpg) Angie Thomas 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/angie-thomas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jesse-lee-peterson-5122.jpg) Jesse Lee Peterson 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/jesse-lee-peterson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shelby-steele-84811.jpg) Shelby Steele 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/shelby-steele/) - [Martin Luther King Jr 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/martin-luther-king-jr-2/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-ridley-52179.jpg) John Ridley 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/john-ridley/) - [Clint Smith 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/clint-smith/) - [Maya Angelou 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/maya-angelou/) ## More by Percival Everett > [Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/read-always-read-no-one-can-take-that-away-from-you/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“Replacing one word for another is ridiculous... The intention of it is where the problem resides, not in the spelling and pronunciation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/replacing-one-word-for-another-is-ridiculous-the-intention-of-it-is/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-was-in-life-to-be-a-gambler-a-risk-taker-a-swashbuckler-a-knight-i/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid culture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/everybody-should-read-fiction-i-don-t-think-serious-fiction-is/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“He resisted the urge to let satire ring through his voice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/he-resisted-the-urge-to-let-satire-ring-through-his-voice/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“Like most people I am smarter than some, dumber than others, skinnier than most, and fatter than a few, but none was ever more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/like-most-people-i-am-smarter-than-some-dumber-than-others-skinnier/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. The remarkable truth, however, was that it was not the pistol, but my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-had-never-seen-a-white-man-filled-with-such-fear-the-remarkable/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [Often one finds surprises in a novel, but it is rare to find a novel that is a surprise. Richard Melo's 'Happy Talk' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/often-one-finds-surprises-in-a-novel-but-it-is-rare-to-find-a-novel/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“How's Mother?" "In and out." As I said it I wondered which was the bad way: in or out? Was she lost when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/how-s-mother-in-and-out-as-i-said-it-i-wondered-which-was-the-bad-way/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/it-s-okay-to-love-something-bigger-than-yourself-without-fearing-it/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“Look away, look away, look away …”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/look-away-look-away-look-away/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [Elisabeth Sheffield's new novel is multilayered, smart, beautifully written, and funny. I was taken in by the first paragraph and held firmly through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/elisabeth-sheffield-s-new-novel-is-multilayered-smart-beautifully/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need to quell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-against-slavery-how-much-of/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“Everybody talks about genocides around the world, but when the killing is slow and spread over a hundred years, no one notices. Where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/everybody-talks-about-genocides-around-the-world-but-when-the-killing/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) > [“Why did God set it up like this?” Rachel asked. “With them as masters and us as slaves?” “There is no God, child. There’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/why-did-god-set-it-up-like-this-rachel-asked-with-them-as-masters-and/) [Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blacks/percival-everett/#itemlist", "name": "4 Blacks Quotes By Percival Everett", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. 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