Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Piri Thomas

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Cuban writer Piri Thomas.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Piri Thomas was a Puerto Rican-Cuban writer and poet whose memoir Down These Mean Streets became a best-seller.

Cuban - Writer | September 30, 1928 - October 17, 2011

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As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal of some to understand, or outright refusal to learn about other human beings is based on fear. Fear is what keeps people apart.

Piri Thomas

The cruelest prison of all is the prison of the mind.

Piri Thomas

What a world! Whether you're right or wrong, as long as you're strong, you're right.

Piri Thomas

I don't use the word minority because there is nothing minor about me.

Piri Thomas

Writing has such a power for expressionEven when you can’t talk with no one else in the whole world you can talk to your paper. Your feelings whether good, bad or indifferent. We call it despojo in Spanish, which means to be able to get rid of all this agony, weight inside of you. It brings clarity.

Piri Thomas

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Piri Thomas

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