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Wallace Thurman Quotes

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

Wallace Thurman
Color, Prejudice, Responsible
Wallace Thurman (2012). “The Blacker the Berry”, p.92, Courier Corporation

We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.

Wallace Thurman
Life, People, Novelists
Wallace Thurman (1979). “Infants of the spring: a novel”, Southern Illinois Univ Pr

I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more than a trifle insane

Wallace Thurman
Running, People, Insane
Wallace Thurman (2013). “Infants of the Spring”, p.120, Courier Corporation

Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year I sell a story. It is acclaimed. I am a genius in the making. Thank God for this Negro literary renaissance. Long may it flourish

Wallace Thurman
Years, Long, Thank God
Wallace Thurman (2013). “Infants of the Spring”, p.142, Courier Corporation

If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare quality in this world, and there is no reason why it should be more ubiquitous among Blacks than Whites.

Wallace Thurman
Quality, Mountain, Ashes

The Negro and all things negroid had become a fad, and Harlem had become a shrine to which feverish pilgrimages were in order . . . Seventh Avenue was the gorge into which Harlem cliff dwellers crowded to promenade.

Wallace Thurman
Order, Gorges, Shrines

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