“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need to quell and subdue white guilt and pain? Was it just too much to watch? Did it offend… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“Why did God set it up like this?” Rachel asked. “With them as masters and us as slaves?” “There is no God, child. There’s religion but there’s no God of theirs. Their religion tells that we will get our reward… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“Replacing one word for another is ridiculous... The intention of it is where the problem resides, not in the spelling and pronunciation.” — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid culture that… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“Like most people I am smarter than some, dumber than others, skinnier than most, and fatter than a few, but none was ever more… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. The remarkable truth, however, was that it was not the pistol, but my… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
Often one finds surprises in a novel, but it is rare to find a novel that is a surprise. Richard Melo's 'Happy Talk' is… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“How's Mother?" "In and out." As I said it I wondered which was the bad way: in or out? Was she lost when she… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway. — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
Elisabeth Sheffield's new novel is multilayered, smart, beautifully written, and funny. I was taken in by the first paragraph and held firmly through the… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
