The Axeman's Jazz Quotes

“and it was this that made her frown, that the only time a Negro was allowed to be treated with grandeur was when he or she wasn't even alive to appreciate it.”
― Ray Celestin, The Axeman's Jazz

“...because a home wasn’t just somewhere you lived, it was somewhere you were happy to die.”
― Ray Celestin, The Axeman's Jazz

“that the best solutions to any mystery were the simplest ones, because simplicity was the source of nature's elegance, and mysteries were nothing more than nature unilluminated.”
― Ray Celestin, The Axeman's Jazz