The slave trade was globalism. Why people insist that globalism, after its hideous history, is a good thing, I do not know.
Jamaica KincaidThere's something to be said about a slightly plump personโyou have just enough of too much.
Jamaica KincaidWhat distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
Jamaica KincaidOnce you cease to be a master, once you throw off your master's yoke, you are no longer human rubbish, you are a human being, and all the things that adds up to. So, too, with the slaves. Once they are no longer slaves, once they are free, they are no longer noble and exalted; they are just human beings.
Jamaica Kincaid