Rudolph Fisher Quotes

• In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.

  Rudolph Fisher

  Rights, Law, Land

  Rudolph Fisher, John McCluskey (2008). “The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher”, p.36, University of Missouri Press

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• The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.

  Rudolph Fisher

  Giving, Sorrow, Despair

  Rudolph Fisher (1990). “The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher”, p.156, University of Missouri Press

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• Angels rush in when fools are almost dead.

  Rudolph Fisher

  Angel, Fool

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