“That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is.” HumansDreamLanguageHuman BeingsTerrorBeing HumanSymbolic Author:John Edgar Wideman
“There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldDreamFightingStarsPayAttentionGoes OnCriticizeAmerican HistoryConstructsFloating Author:John Edgar Wideman
“Our thoughts, our language, are always at a distance from whatever they're trying to describe. We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers. That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is. There is no American or Frenchhistory. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDreamFightingLanguageAttentionTroubleDistanceTerrorIntenseCriticizeDreamerBeing Human Author:John Edgar Wideman
“When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.” WayDreamHappensEarthImagineAirBasketballFlyingSupposed To BeOppressedFloatingGood BasketballPlaying Basketball Author:John Edgar Wideman
“Do not fall asleep in your enemy's dream.” DreamFallEnemy Book:The Cattle Killing Source: The Cattle Killing
