Author: Edward P. Jones

Quotes

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

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

People seem to have trouble with the imagination. They can't believe that you can just pull things out of your brain like that.

People seem to have trouble with the imagination. They can't believe that you can just pull things out of your brain like that.

- 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

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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