The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. - Chester Himes
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
- Chester Himes
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal. - Chester Himes
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.
There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the human personality that is impregnable to all… - Chester Himes
There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the human personality that is impregnable to all…
I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary. - Chester Himes
I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should think that any number of black wri… - Chester Himes
American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should think that any number of black wri…
I would sit in my room and become hysterical about the wild incredible story I was writing. And I thought I was writing realism. It never occurred to… - Chester Himes
I would sit in my room and become hysterical about the wild incredible story I was writing. And I thought I was writing realism. It never occurred to…
Growth is the surviving influence in all our lives. The tree will send up its trunk in thick profusion from land burned black by atom bombs. Children… - Chester Himes
Growth is the surviving influence in all our lives. The tree will send up its trunk in thick profusion from land burned black by atom bombs. Children…
The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books. - Chester Himes
When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy. - Chester Himes
When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy.
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