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> [“in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/in-america-the-worst-thing-you-could-be-was-a-black-man-worse-than/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

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> [“he knew in his body, even if he hadn’t yet put it together in his mind, that in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/he-knew-in-his-body-even-if-he-hadn-t-yet-put-it-together-in-his-mind/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

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## Other authors on Dead man

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## More by Yaa Gyasi

> [“We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/we-believe-the-one-who-has-the-power-he-is-the-one-who-gets-to-write/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“Her trick is to make him think that he is king of the bush, but what does a king matter? Really, she is king…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/her-trick-is-to-make-him-think-that-he-is-king-of-the-bush-but-what/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“How could he explain to Marjorie that he wasn’t supposed to be here? Alive. Free. That the fact that he had been born, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/how-could-he-explain-to-marjorie-that-he-wasn-t-supposed-to-be-here/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“Yaw wasn't certain that he believed in forgiveness. He heard the word most on the few days he went to the white man's church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/yaw-wasn-t-certain-that-he-believed-in-forgiveness-he-heard-the-word/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“I’m too old to go to America now. Too old for revolution, too. Besides, if we go to the white man for school, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/i-m-too-old-to-go-to-america-now-too-old-for-revolution-too-besides/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“If she slept, she would do so only lightly, dipping the ladle of sleep into the shallow pool of dreamland”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-she-slept-she-would-do-so-only-lightly-dipping-the-ladle-of-sleep/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“If God was why, then Asamoah was yes and yes again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-god-was-why-then-asamoah-was-yes-and-yes-again/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“Aunty, they say that you make impossible things possible.” She laughed again. “Eh, but they say that about Anansi, about Nyame, about the white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/aunty-they-say-that-you-make-impossible-things-possible-she-laughed/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“And in my village we have a saying about separated sisters. They are like a woman and her reflection, doomed to stay on opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/and-in-my-village-we-have-a-saying-about-separated-sisters-they-are/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“Loneliness, maybe. Or aloneness. The way I don’t fit here or there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/loneliness-maybe-or-aloneness-the-way-i-don-t-fit-here-or-there/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“if we go to the white man for school, we will just learn the way the white man wants us to learn. We will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-we-go-to-the-white-man-for-school-we-will-just-learn-the-way-the/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“On the first day of the second term, Yaw watched the new students amble in. They were always well-behaved children, these boys, having been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/on-the-first-day-of-the-second-term-yaw-watched-the-new-students/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“I am proud to be Asante, as I am sure you are proud to be Fante, but after I lost my brothers, I decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/i-am-proud-to-be-asante-as-i-am-sure-you-are-proud-to-be-fante-but/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/maybe-he-wouldn-t-end-up-the-kind-of-man-who-needed-to-use-his-body/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

> [“It was where all the dirty, ugly, righteous, and beautiful things were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/it-was-where-all-the-dirty-ugly-righteous-and-beautiful-things-were/)

[Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/)

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