Blackness Quotes

114 Blackness quotes by 93 unique authors

He would say, "How funny it will all seem, all you've gone through, when I'm not here anymore, when you no longer feel my arms… — Arthur Rimbaud
…“white supremacy” is a much more useful term for understanding the complicity of people of color in upholding and maintaining racial hierarchies that do not… — Bell Hooks
I think about my choice. Either outcome is bleak. If I stay and live through high school, go to college, get a job, what will… — Julie Anne Peters
In my dream it was very dark, and what dim light there was seemed to be radiating from Edward's skin. I couldn't see his face,… — Stephenie Meyer
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up… — Sylvia Plath
You know,” he said, “I wish you could see this cave.” “What’s it like?” He paused. “It’s...beautiful, really.” “Tell me.” And so Po described to… — Kristin Cashore
It made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous eyes of the… — Haruki Murakami
When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?… — Banana Yoshimoto
I go to my Room and I drink and I smoke some cigarettes and I think about her. I drink and I smoke and I… — James Frey
I can only give you words. Nothing fancy. But this will have to do. It doesn't matter if you're reading it a year from now… — Daniel H. Wilson
Weirdly, an image of Adrian’s Love painting came back to me. I thought of the jagged red streak, slashing through the blackness, ripping it apart.… — Richelle Mead
Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and… — Richard Curtis
For a few minutes, maybe, life lingers in the tissues of some outlying regions of the body. Then, one by one, the lights go out… — Christopher Isherwood
All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence. — Sylvia Plath
Sure, I’m dramatic and sloppily semi-cynical and semi-sentimental. But, in leisure years I could grow and choose my way. Now I am living on the… — Sylvia Plath
If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is,… — Stephen Fry
I can no longer believe in any voodoo spell or laboratory virus. This is something deeper, darker. This comes from the cosmos, from the stars,… — Isaac Marion
And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my… — Patrick Ness
Moon, moon, when you leave me alone all the darkness is an utter blackness, a pit of fear, a stench, hands unreasonable never to touch.… — Robert Creeley
Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity. — Patricia Hill Collins
I kept staring into the blackness of the woods, drawn into the darkness as I always had been. I suddenly realized how alone I was.… — Bret Easton Ellis
And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee.… — Suzanne Collins
Do you like me?” No answer. Silence bounced, fell off his tongue and sat between us and clogged my throat. It slaughtered my trust. It… — Anne Sexton
This was the void. Not blackness, not nothingness. This was what lay beneath the thinly painted scrim of reality. — Neil Gaiman
The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt.… — Randall Kennedy

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