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title: "3 Mardi gras Quotes By Poppy Z. Brite"
description: "3 Mardi gras quotes by Poppy Z. Brite. Plus more from Poppy Z. Brite and more Mardi gras sayings from other authors."
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> [The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/the-sky-is-purple-the-flare-of-a-match-behind-a-cupped-hand-is-gold/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c03/poppy-z-brite-10238_behinds_the-sky-is-purple-the-flare-of-a-match-b_1508981.jpg)

> [I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-like-visiting-people-s-homes-on-saint-joseph-s-day-when-people-set/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/poppy-z-brite-10238_day_i-like-visiting-people-s-homes-on-saint_2024936.jpg)

> [I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-like-visiting-peoples-homes-on-saint-josephs-day-when-people-set-up/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

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## Other authors on Mardi gras

- [Mardi Gras 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mardi-gras/mardi-gras/)

## More by Poppy Z. Brite

> [My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/my-childhood-may-have-been-more-demented-than-most-because-i-learned/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/if-you-re-ever-lucky-enough-to-belong-somewhere-if-a-place-takes-you/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/young-writers-shouldn-t-be-afraid-of-striving-to-emulate-their/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/mostly-i-enjoy-the-restaurants-my-husband-is-a-chef-though-i-wish-we/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/celebrities-even-insignificant-ones-like-me-are-created-to-be-abused/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [“Let the night come. We are not afraid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/let-the-night-come-we-are-not-afraid/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/horror-is-the-badge-of-humanity-worn-proudly-self-righteously-and/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [“+ He wasn’t much for erasing anyway. Sometimes your mistakes showed you the really interesting connections between your brain, your hand, and your heart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/he-wasn-t-much-for-erasing-anyway-sometimes-your-mistakes-showed-you/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/you-can-only-maintain-an-immensely-gothic-attitude-for-so-long-before/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/new-orleans-cuisine-is-creole-rather-than-cajun/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-ve-certainly-learned-a-great-deal-from-my-husband-though-and-could/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [“They were kissing again, carefully at first, learning the shape and texture of each other's lips, testing the sharpness of the teeth behind them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/they-were-kissing-again-carefully-at-first-learning-the-shape-and/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/and-i-can-t-think-of-a-reason-i-d-ever-use-a-pseudonym-as-i-wouldn-t/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/why-bother-i-was-right-all-along-the-second-you-make-yourself/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

> [I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-work-in-progress-but-the-novel-i-m-working/)

[Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/)

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