Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. … Every couple of years someone came up — Colson Whitehead
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, — Colson Whitehead
Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals. — Colson Whitehead
Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time. — Colson Whitehead
