Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image ““He hovered on unexceptionality.”” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“There is no way to know for certain what lurks in the shadowed corners of the mind.” — Renee Ahdieh Copy Share Image
“Living in a world where constantly one turned and touched incomprehension—they did not comprehend, he did not comprehend—gave the air the lift of uncertainty… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“Awareness is a gentle beauty. It hovers around me like a fairy, pointing to those things I would miss if I didn't look past… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“His thoughts were too vague to be described, but they comprehended mysterious elements.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“He was uncannily skilled at dissecting hidden meaning behind every interaction.” — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
“He is too presumptuous about the inanities of appearances, poor realities gone for a toss.” — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
“Moreover, he felt vaguely that what he called his convictions were not only ignorance but were a way of thinking that made the knowledge… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I often wonder and imagine What lies just beyond the fringe Of the human experience; What is it that we do not see?” — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
“He thought, I got wings on my eyes, and the thought was so odd and yet so pleasing to him that he felt suddenly… — Deborah Treisman Copy Share Image
“What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where I am… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Every Tuesday, James Fulton (and later, Orville Lever) stood in the downstairs drawing room and lectured on the intricacies of his science. Lectured on… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea of what… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The Great War had always been between the white and the black. It always would be. Cora” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Don’t go searching for a subject, let your subject find you. You can’t rush inspiration. … Once your subject finds you, it’s like falling… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“its terms? Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. “I’m caught,” Cora said. “You… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people ask me… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
There's always an attack on the sophomore novel from some quarters. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
