--- title: "1 Lynch Mobs Quotes By Ann Petry" description: "1 Lynch Mobs quotes by Ann Petry. Plus more from Ann Petry and more Lynch Mobs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/ann-petry-26049_african-americans_streets-like-the-one-she-lived-on-were-n_2397731.jpg" --- > [“Streets like the one she lived on were no accident. They were the North’s lynch mobs, she thought bitterly; the method the big cities used to keep Negroes in their place. And she began thinking of Pop unable to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/streets-like-the-one-she-lived-on-were-no-accident-they-were-the/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/ann-petry-26049_african-americans_streets-like-the-one-she-lived-on-were-n_2397731.jpg) ## More by Ann Petry > [“Sometimes I look at my own movies”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/sometimes-i-look-at-my-own-movies/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/a-man-hasn-t-got-a-corner-on-virtue-just-because-his-shoes-are-shined/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“This was, by comparison, a safe, secure, clean world. And looking at it, she thought it must be rather pleasant to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/this-was-by-comparison-a-safe-secure-clean-world-and-looking-at-it/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“She held the paper in her hand for a long time, trying to follow the reasoning by which that thin ragged boy had become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/she-held-the-paper-in-her-hand-for-a-long-time-trying-to-follow-the/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“The attendant looked at Camilo, looked at Link, blandly, incuriously. Link thought, In New York all the black boys who go in for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/the-attendant-looked-at-camilo-looked-at-link-blandly-incuriously/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [All life goes in a circle, around and around, you started at one place, and then came right back to it again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/all-life-goes-in-a-circle-around-and-around-you-started-at-one-place/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“Doesn't the female always take what she wants and at the same time try to hang on to what she already has?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/doesn-t-the-female-always-take-what-she-wants-and-at-the-same-time/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“She supposed the young colored men of Link's generation couldn't have manners like Mr. Powther's, though she didn't know why. Wars and atom bombs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/she-supposed-the-young-colored-men-of-link-s-generation-couldn-t-have/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [All truly great art is propaganda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/all-truly-great-art-is-propaganda/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [Folks differs, dearie. They differs a lot. Some can stand things that others can't. There's never no way of knowin' how much they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/folks-differs-dearie-they-differs-a-lot-some-can-stand-things-that/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [Everything you ever had, everything you ever lost. It's all there in the trumpet--pain and hate and trouble and peace and quiet and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/everything-you-ever-had-everything-you-ever-lost-it-s-all-there-in/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“The women work because the white folks give them jobs—washing dishes and clothes and floors and windows. The women work because for years now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/the-women-work-because-the-white-folks-give-them-jobs-washing-dishes/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“And she got the feeling that Boots Smith's relationship to this swiftly moving car was no ordinary one. He wasn't just a black man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/and-she-got-the-feeling-that-boots-smith-s-relationship-to-this/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“The snow fell softly on the street. It muffled sound. It sent people scurrying homeward, so that the street was soon deserted, empty, quiet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/the-snow-fell-softly-on-the-street-it-muffled-sound-it-sent-people/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) > [“Streets like the one she lived on were no accident. They were the North’s lynch mobs, she thought bitterly; the method the big cities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/streets-like-the-one-she-lived-on-were-no-accident-they-were-the/) [Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lynch-mobs/ann-petry/#itemlist", "name": "1 Lynch Mobs Quotes By Ann Petry", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Streets like the one she lived on were no accident. 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