Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image ““scattered parkgoers. Cora hunkered and”” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And as we stood half circle in the bright school yard, we saw the lost and beautiful and hungry in each of us. We… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“Things happened in the neighborhood, yes, and there were kids she knew who got caught up, but there were others, too, who had taken… — Naima Coster Copy Share Image
“They stood, a family, and walked out of the mall, into the sunlight, seeking to rearrange the shape of their surroundings, to blow something… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Eleanor sitting next to him on the couch made Park feel like someone had opened a window in the middle of the room. Like… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“It was all beginning to run together in the back of Eleanor's mind, and the things that had probably really happened were confused with… — Jane Langton Copy Share Image
“in for the evening. The town rose into view, the biggest Cora had seen since North Carolina, if not as long established. The long… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Eleanor should never have told them about Park's house, but she'd been dying to tell somebody. (This was how people ended up in jail… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“As her feet beat the concrete ground beneath them, her chest began to ache. It had been a long time since she had run… — Ross Caligiuri Copy Share Image
“overgrown fields, obviously abandoned. We must be getting close to the next village, which was just as well. The sun was approaching the horizon,… — Kiran Millwood Hargrave Copy Share Image
“It almost rained Saturday.The clouds hung low over the farm.The air felt thick.It smelled like rain. In town,the sidewalks got damp, that was all.” — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
“She rode down the sidewalk, turned toward the shadow side of the street and melted into darkness. I didn't know it then, but after… — Craig Davidson Copy Share Image
“The sound of carriage wheels and horses was faint,seeming more distant than they actually were. Drops of water clung to the wool of my… — Alyxandra Harvey 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
