Wallace Thurman Quotes

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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