Mike Chambers Quotes in That Was Then, This Is Now
Mark suddenly poked me. “You still in the mood for a little action?”
“Sure,” I said. Mark motioned toward the next intersection. There was a black guy standing there, waiting for the light to change. “We could jump him,” Mark said, but suddenly M&M spoke up.
“You make me sick! You just rescued me from some guys who were going to beat me up because I’m different from them, and now you’re going to beat up someone because he’s different from you. You think I’m weird—well, you’re the weird ones.”
As we got into the elevator Mark said, “I’m inclined to agree with his old man. That is one stupid guy.”
“You mean it?” I said. I had been thinking about Mike’s story, and I could see his point about not hating the people who beat him up.
“Yeah, I mean it. Man, if anybody ever hurt me like that I’d hate them for the rest of my life.”
I didn’t think much about that statement then. But later I would—I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I’m going crazy.
“I don’t want anybody to fight the Shepards.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to keep this up, this getting-even jazz. It’s stupid and I’m sick of it and it keeps going in circles. I have had it—so if you’re planning any get-even mugging, forget it.”
Mike Chambers Quotes in That Was Then, This Is Now
Mark suddenly poked me. “You still in the mood for a little action?”
“Sure,” I said. Mark motioned toward the next intersection. There was a black guy standing there, waiting for the light to change. “We could jump him,” Mark said, but suddenly M&M spoke up.
“You make me sick! You just rescued me from some guys who were going to beat me up because I’m different from them, and now you’re going to beat up someone because he’s different from you. You think I’m weird—well, you’re the weird ones.”
As we got into the elevator Mark said, “I’m inclined to agree with his old man. That is one stupid guy.”
“You mean it?” I said. I had been thinking about Mike’s story, and I could see his point about not hating the people who beat him up.
“Yeah, I mean it. Man, if anybody ever hurt me like that I’d hate them for the rest of my life.”
I didn’t think much about that statement then. But later I would—I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I’m going crazy.
“I don’t want anybody to fight the Shepards.”
“What?”
“I don’t want to keep this up, this getting-even jazz. It’s stupid and I’m sick of it and it keeps going in circles. I have had it—so if you’re planning any get-even mugging, forget it.”
