Paul Beatty Quotes

“Silence can be either protest or consent, but most times it’s fear.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

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“If Disneyland was indeed the Happiest Place on Earth, you'd either keep it a secret or the price of admission would be free and not equivalent to the yearly per capita income of a small sub-Saharan African nation like Detroit.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.”

Paul Beatty

“My father had a theory that poor people are the best drivers because they can’t afford to carry car insurance and have to drive like they live, defensively.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“It’s illegal to yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater, right?” “It is.” “Well, I’ve whispered ‘Racism’ in a post-racial world.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

Source: The Sellout

“But today I’m all medulla oblongata and I can’t concentrate.”

Paul Beatty book The Sellout

The Sellout