Lawrence Hill quotes
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“To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.41, W. W. Norton & Company
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“I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.395, Random House
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“Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.429, Random House
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“But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got here. In the absence of an audience, I will write down my story so that it waits like a restful beast with lungs breathing and heart beating.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.117, Random House
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“Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.119, W. W. Norton & Company
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“beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right”
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“You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.33, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.16, W. W. Norton & Company
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“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.”
-- Lawrence HillSource : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company
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“When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.”
-- Lawrence Hill
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