"A monster is a person who has stopped…" — Colson Whitehead

"A monster is a person who has stopped pretending."

— Colson Whitehead

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33 Quotes by Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.
As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some…
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.
Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time.
A society manufactures the heroes it requires.
Isn't it great when you're a kid and the world is full of anonymous things? Everything is bright and mysterious…
Best to let the broken glass be broken glass, let it splinter into smaller pieces and dust and scatter. Let…
Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch…
New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a…
In keeping with my family's affection for doomed product lines and hexed formats, we purchased a Betamax. The year before,…
It had been a humdrum couple of days, reaffirming his belief in reincarnation: everything was so boring that this could…
There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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