I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
Walter MosleyAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 12, 1952
Related Authors
Topics
Quotes currently Trending
![Sherman Alexie quote: "I felt so conflicted about having fled the rez as a kid that I..."](/pic/3254/600x316/quotation-sherman-alexie-i-felt-so-conflicted-about-having-fled-the-rez.jpg)
![Kristen Wiig quote: "I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and..."](/pic/146087/600x316/quotation-kristen-wiig-i-lived-in-lancaster-pennsylvania-until-eighth.jpg)
![James D. Houston quote: "Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why..."](/pic/173418/600x316/quotation-james-d-houston-words-are-the-basic-tools-if-you-are-a-writer.jpg)
For a man who finds life tolerable only by staying on the surface of himself, it is natural to be satisfied with offering no more than his surface to others. There are few demands to be met, and no commitment is required. Marriage, on the other hand, closes the door. Your existence is confined to a narrow space in which you are constantly forced to reveal yourself? and therefore, constantly obliged to look into yourself, to examine your own depths.
Paul Auster