Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)
“In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. "You take the rest" — my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.”
Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)
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American journalist and essayist 1944Related quotes
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