Creative Quotations from Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932)

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Charles W. Chesnutt
(1858-1932) born on Jun 20

US novelist, lawyer. His works depicted the struggle of American blacks, "The Conjure Women," 1899; awarded Spingarn Medal.

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Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

I think I must write a book It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

There's time enough, but none to spare.

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"The Marrow of Tradition," 1901.
R:	"The Marrow of Tradition," 1901.
A:	"Journal," 29 Mar 1880.
N:	"The Marrow of Tradition," 1901.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.