"No wonder she had turned him down. Up here trying to get a thrill in the Black Belt but a thrill from observation instead of contact."
Chap. 1, pp. 8

"Why not be the first Negro to try it out? Sure, it was a chance, but think of getting white in three days! No more jim crow. No more insults. As a white man he could go anywhere, be anything he wanted to be, do most anything he wanted to do, be a free man at last...and probably be able to meet the girl from Atlanta. What a vision!"
Chap. 1, pp. 10

"It thrilled him to feel that he was now indistinguishable from nine-tenths of the people of the United States; one of the great majority. Ah, it was good not to be a Negro any longer!"
Chap. 2, pp. 19

"The Negroes, it seemed to him, were much gayer, enjoyed themselves...