Chester Himes Quotes

Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.

It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could have something that civilization taught him how to want. It seemed to him as wrong as if they had hung the gun that shot the man.

When you get to mixing sex and religion, it will make anybody crazy.