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Walter Mosley quotes

American Novelist January 12, 1952

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The great man say that life is pain," Coydog had said over eighty-five years before. "That mean if you love life, then you love the hurt come along wit' it. Now, if that ain't the blues, I don't know what is. Walter Mosley
Love, as the poet says, is like the spring. It grows on you and seduces you slowly and gently, but it holds tight like the roots of a tree. You don't know until you're ready to go that you can't move, that you would have to mutilate yourself in order to be free. That's the feeling. It doesn't last, at least it doesn't have to. But it holds on like a steel claw in your chest. Even if the tree dies, the roots cling to you. I've seen men and women give up everything for love that once was. Walter Mosley
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most women like reading about love, and a true revolutionary will have books about the minutiae of overthrowing the oppressor. A person with no books is inconsequential in a modern setting, but a peasant that reads is a prince in waiting. Walter Mosley
My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. Walter Mosley
We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky. Walter Mosley
Many & most moments go by with us hardly aware of their passage. But love & hate & fear cause time to snag you, to drag you down like a spider's web holding fast to a doomed fly's wings. And when you're caught like that you're aware of every moment & movement & nuance. Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley quote: "I hit him more times than necessary but by then my actions..."
I hit him more times than necessary but by then my actions were mostly chemical, like a soldier ant or a teenager in love. Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley quote: "There was something about his grandfather's death, about men..."
There was something about his grandfather's death, about men who love their sons . . . Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley quote: "I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest..."
I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things. Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley quote: "I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd..."
I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children. Walter Mosley
My father's life was so decimated by his earliest experiences. His mother died when he was 7 years old, which he always said was the worst experience in his life. When he was 8, his father disappeared and he was on his own from the age of 8. Walter Mosley
Not for the first time in my life I had made it to the top. For some reason this made me hanker for a chili dog with chopped onions under a blanket of processed American cheese. Walter Mosley
My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life. Walter Mosley
A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life. Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley quote: "The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by..."
The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures. Walter Mosley

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