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> [“Did state troopers shift their pistols from hip to hip to avoid becoming lopsided?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/did-state-troopers-shift-their-pistols-from-hip-to-hip-to-avoid/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

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## More by Percival Everett

> [Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/read-always-read-no-one-can-take-that-away-from-you/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“Replacing one word for another is ridiculous... The intention of it is where the problem resides, not in the spelling and pronunciation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/replacing-one-word-for-another-is-ridiculous-the-intention-of-it-is/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-was-in-life-to-be-a-gambler-a-risk-taker-a-swashbuckler-a-knight-i/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/everybody-should-read-fiction-i-don-t-think-serious-fiction-is/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“He resisted the urge to let satire ring through his voice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/he-resisted-the-urge-to-let-satire-ring-through-his-voice/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“Like most people I am smarter than some, dumber than others, skinnier than most, and fatter than a few, but none was ever more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/like-most-people-i-am-smarter-than-some-dumber-than-others-skinnier/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“I had never seen a white man filled with such fear. The remarkable truth, however, was that it was not the pistol, but my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-had-never-seen-a-white-man-filled-with-such-fear-the-remarkable/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/often-one-finds-surprises-in-a-novel-but-it-is-rare-to-find-a-novel/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/how-s-mother-in-and-out-as-i-said-it-i-wondered-which-was-the-bad-way/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/it-s-okay-to-love-something-bigger-than-yourself-without-fearing-it/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“Look away, look away, look away …”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/look-away-look-away-look-away/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/elisabeth-sheffield-s-new-novel-is-multilayered-smart-beautifully/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“I considered the northern white stance against slavery. How much of the desire to end the institution was fueled by a need to quell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/i-considered-the-northern-white-stance-against-slavery-how-much-of/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“Everybody talks about genocides around the world, but when the killing is slow and spread over a hundred years, no one notices. Where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/everybody-talks-about-genocides-around-the-world-but-when-the-killing/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percival-everett/why-did-god-set-it-up-like-this-rachel-asked-with-them-as-masters-and/)

[Percival Everett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percival-everett/)

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