There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the … - Chester Himes

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The Pro-Life cause is the preeminent cause of our time, and this struggle between the gospel of life and the culture of death will determine the destiny of mankind.

Chester Himes

There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the human personality that is impregnable to all assaults.

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Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.

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Man cannot live without some knowledge of the purpose of life. If he can find no purpose in life he creates one in the inevitability of death.

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If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life. . . . Racism generated from whites is first of all absurd. Racism creates absurdity among blacks as a defense mechanism.

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It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could have something that civilization taught him how to want. It seemed to him as wrong as if they had hung the gun that shot the man.

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American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should think that any number of black writers should go into the detective story form.

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