She had reason to doubt him; he was real good at planning but real bad at doing.

When she smiles niggers ask her for her hand in marriage; when I smile folks check their wallets.

Travel light. She extended her arms to embrace her house, maybe the whole world.

Then you look at her and smile a smile your dissembling face will remember until the day you die. Baby, you say, baby, this is part of my novel. This is how you lose her.

There's a long-term tradition of white supremacy in this country. [Donald] Trump isn't something entirely new. But then there is the crisis for white supremacy in this country now where you have people of color standing up for themselves in ways that they've never stood up for themselves or at least standing up for themselves in a generational, novel way.

Sadness at being caught, at the incontrovertibe knowledge that she will never forgive you.

You said i could call you when i wanted but that you wouldn’t call me. you have to decide where and when, you said. if you leave it up to me i’ll want to see you every day. At least you were honest, which is more than i can say for me.