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.

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.

To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.

We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

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.

I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.