The Lonely Londoners Quotes

Page 1: "some strange place on another planet". 

Page 2: "English people starting to make rab about how too much West Indians coming to the country".

"Whatever the newspaper and the radio say in this country, that is the people Bible." 

"newspapers say that the West Indians think that the streets of London paved with gold". 

Page 3: "he used to remember how desperate he was when he was in London for the first time". 

Page 7: "five-six fellars in one room and the test coining money for so." 

Page 8: "all the people in the place say they go strike unless the boss fire Moses." 

Page 11: "Why, I come to look after the family." 

Page 13: "In fact I feeling a little warm." 

Page 15: "alias Sir Galahad...and eight and a half months later it had a Galahad junior".

Page 16: "You have a small room". 

Page 20: "But Frank tell him it all well and good to play boldface in a small place like Trinidad, but when he land in London it would be different". 

"they frighten that we get job in front of them...they just don't like black people". 

Page 21: "In America you see a sign telling you to keep off, but over here you don't see any, but when you go in the hotel or the restaurant they will politely tell you to haul-".

"a restaurant run by a Pole call the Rendezvous Restaurant. Go there and see if they will serve you." 

Page 22: "you will be just another one of them black Jamaicans". 

Page 23: "feeling of loneliness and fright come on him all of a sudden." 

"there in the sky like a force-ripe orange." 

Page 25: "old lady look at him with a loud tone in her eye...'They'll have to learn to do better, you know."

Page 27: "a job is all the security a man have." 

Page 28: "J-A, Col. That mean you from Jamaica and you black." 

Page 29: "They don't tell you ouright that they don't want coloured fellars". 

Page 31: "Cap have the sort of voice that would melt butter". 

"Cap only smoking Benson and Hedges". 

Page 33: "make a hundred pound, but it went through his hands so quick". 

"he love woman too bad." 

Page 34: "the wondering Nigerian, man of mystery." 

"The Austrian". 

Page 39: "he is a worthless fellar". 

Page 40: "It was you who slept with that man the other night...a test who used to dress up like a woman and patrol the area." 

Page 41: "Frenchy...the girl decide to marry Cap." 

Page 45: "Cap with women left and right". 

Page 46: "telling everybody that he is a Latin-American...Bart always had ambition that always too big for him." 

Page 47: "always saying he ain't have no money, afraid that somebody might want to borrow." 

Page 48: "If a fellar too black, Bart not companying him much". 

Page 50: "Get out this minute!...but the girl father wouldn't give him a chance."

Page 51-52: "You…