Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image ““He was a rube, but he was no tourist.”” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He was a privileged tourist in a primitive country: flatteringly curious, unknowingly insulting, quite certainly unable to survive if left to his own devices.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When is the last time you were a tourist?” she asked archly. He just looked at her. Charles, she had to agree, was not… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“It looked like diamonds, rubies, emeralds; he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble.” — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“With you, thought Rubashov and looked at the whitewashed wall behind which the other stood—in the meantime he had probably lit a cigarette and… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“Oops. My cheeks flushed as I looked down, now seeing the bold letters painted on the street, directing me to LOOK RIGHT. Oh well,… — S.T. Bende Copy Share Image
“He still felt coreless - he was no one, and he was standing here in the middle of no country. The place was counterfeit,… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“She was a stranger in her own life, a tourist in her own body.” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“He was never rash or hurried, but he was always read. It was the secret, no doubt, of the extraordinary political career he threw… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Like a real traveller, he looks for whatever he has in common with the people he encounters, to a point where the sense of… — Mateo Cabello 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
