Quote by Colson Whitehead Download Open image ““There were plenty of things in the world that deserved to stay dead, yet they walked.”” — Colson Whitehead ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“There are ways and ways of dying, and some of them leave you walking around.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“The dead are everywhere. Most are buried and forgotten. A very small number walk among you.” — J.R. Rain Copy Share Image
“And every moment in the world drops dead just then, because they woke up and realized they'd never be as important as this one.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“If the world wasn't so full of dead folks maybe those of us that's trying to live wouldn't have to suffer so bad.” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The dead are never truly gone. They linger in our minds and hearts and torture us with a malice they were not capable of… — Courtney M. Privett Copy Share Image
“Dead and still in the world was worse than dead and in the ground. Dead in the ground at least gave you the hope… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“When was it all right to let go not only of the dead but of the living - to learn to accept?” — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
“...there's not enough of anything to go around except people and death.” — Saša Stanišić 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
