Pat Silva

“My goodness, no one gives a gift to Santa Claus!”
― Michael Brown

“Black man cleans the streets but mustn't walk freely on the pavement; Black man must build houses for the white man but cannot live in them; Black man cooks the white man's food but eats what is left over. Don't listen to anyone bluff you and say Black and white are brothers.”
― Es’kia Mphahlele

“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”
― Emily Murphy

“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
― Terry Southern