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> [“Police only have to see that me don’t have no shoes before he say what the bloodcloth you nasty naiggers doing ’round decent people, and give me two choices.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/police-only-have-to-see-that-me-don-t-have-no-shoes-before-he-say/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

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## More by Marlon James

> [“Nobody falls that way without being pushed. I know. And I know how it feels and looks, a body that falls fighting air all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/nobody-falls-that-way-without-being-pushed-i-know-and-i-know-how-it/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“People think blood red, but blood don't got no colour. Not when blood wash the floor she lying on as she scream for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/people-think-blood-red-but-blood-don-t-got-no-colour-not-when-blood/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [The fiction writer in me likes gaps in stories because I can jump into that gap and try to suggest something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/the-fiction-writer-in-me-likes-gaps-in-stories-because-i-can-jump/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their lives, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/in-1976-rastafarians-were-one-of-the-most-violated-persecuted-groups/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“I miss you, sister," he say. "I miss me too," she say. Always too clever but not clever enough to know when to blow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/i-miss-you-sister-he-say-i-miss-me-too-she-say-always-too-clever-but/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“Devil has his part to play.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/devil-has-his-part-to-play/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/what-i-find-particularly-with-young-writers-and-readers-is-that-they/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [At 28 years old, seven years out of college, I was so convinced that my voice outed me as a fag that I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/at-28-years-old-seven-years-out-of-college-i-was-so-convinced-that-my/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“The white man say we’re fighting for freedom from totalitarianism, terrorism and tyranny, but nobody know what he mean. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/the-white-man-say-we-re-fighting-for-freedom-from-totalitarianism/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“Nineteen seventy-six come and bring an election with it. The man who bring guns to the ghetto made it clear, that there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/nineteen-seventy-six-come-and-bring-an-election-with-it-the-man-who/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“She not black, she mulatto. Mulatto, mulatto, mulatto. Maybe she be family to both and to hurt white man just as bad as hurting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/she-not-black-she-mulatto-mulatto-mulatto-mulatto-maybe-she-be-family/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“Shiny like new zinc holding up a roof or a fence right beside old zinc, the material itself a living history of when last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/shiny-like-new-zinc-holding-up-a-roof-or-a-fence-right-beside-old/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [I'm really interested in how non-American countries process race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/i-m-really-interested-in-how-non-american-countries-process-race/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“People think it way past the time when anybody can remember who start things first, but don’t get the history of the ghetto twist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/people-think-it-way-past-the-time-when-anybody-can-remember-who-start/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

> [“We don't own truth. Truth is truth and nothing you can do about it even if you hide it, or kill it, or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/we-don-t-own-truth-truth-is-truth-and-nothing-you-can-do-about-it/)

[Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/)

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