Passing quotes - Race Flashcards
“pale life of mine..
for I am lonely”
in the Drayton Hotel - “magic
carpet to another world”
“feeling her colour
heighten under the continued inspection” - gaze
“white people
were so stupid about such things for all that they usually asserted that they were able to tell; and by the most ridiculous means”
Recognition - “lovely laugh that
was like a trill and also like the ringing of a delicate bell”
“it’s worth
the price”
“there was no one to tell
him I was coloured”
“and you’re sitting
here surrounded by three black devils drinking tea”
“instinct of
the race to survive and expand” (Brian)
“instinctive loyalty
to a race”
“I don’t believe I’ve ever gone
native in my life except for the sake of convenience, restaurants, theatre tickets, things like that”
“Dad why is it that they only lynch coloured people?”
“Because they hate them son”
Clare has a
“soft white face”
