Author: Edward P. Jones

Quotes

My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a white teacher until I got to high school.

My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a white teacher until I got to high school.

- Edward P. Jones

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.

From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.

- Edward P. Jones

'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you have a good professor.

'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you have a good professor.

- Edward P. Jones

Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the political climate of that time - that caused me to ask how a people would become part of a system that oppresses their own people.

Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the political climate of that time - that caused me to ask how a people would become part of a system that oppresses their own people.

- Edward P. Jones

I'm not afraid of my own company. I was made to be at home.

I'm not afraid of my own company. I was made to be at home.

- Edward P. Jones

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