“For he reached the conclusion that everything he had ever seen, or had ever done, or had ever dreamed of doing would in the end betray him. That no matter what you had been, or ever hoped to be, a… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should think that… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any other American;… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could have something… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
“Don't ever lean your whole weight on happiness, Jimmy. You fall too hard too hard when it gives away” — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
“For he reached the conclusion that everything he had ever seen, or had ever done, or had ever dreamed of doing would in the… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy. — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal. — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
I would sit in my room and become hysterical about the wild incredible story I was writing. And I thought I was writing realism.… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Growth is the surviving influence in all our lives. The tree will send up its trunk in thick profusion from land burned black by… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
