"Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Humorists from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesPoets from the United StatesBooker Prize winnersAnthologists from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Beatty
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.
9 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Paul Beatty →
Related Quotes
"During Black History Month, my father used to watch the nightly television footage of the Freedom buses burning, the …"
"Still, I don’t feel guilty. If I’m indeed moving backward and dragging all of [B]lack America down with me, I couldn’…"
"Problem is, they both disappeared from my life, first my dad, and then my hometown, and suddenly I had no idea who I …"
"But where my father saw an opportunity for information exchange, public advocacy, and communal counsel, Foy saw a mid…"
"We’ll hear argument first this morning in case 09-2606…in case 09-2606, Me v. the United States of America."
"You're supposed to wolf whistle! Like this…” Recklessly eyeballing her the whole way, he pursed his lips and let go a…"
"When we were younger, me, Marpessa, and the rest of the kids on the block would jet over to Hominy’s house after scho…"
"Massa…sometimes we just have to accept who we are and act accordingly. I’m a slave. That’s who I am. It’s the role I …"
"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"
"Would you end war? Create great Peace."