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Lawrence Hill quotes: For this child of mine, home would be me. I would be home. I would be everything for this child until we went home together.

For this child of mine, home would be me. I would be home. I would be everything for this child until we went home together.

Lawrence Hill quotes: If the sky was so perfect, why was the earth all wrong

If the sky was so perfect, why was the earth all wrong

Lawrence Hill quotes: I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual migration.

I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual migration.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

Beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

Lawrence Hill quotes: Just want to read more books and be a knowledgeable female.

Just want to read more books and be a knowledgeable female.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Every time I had seen men rise up, they had not prevailed and innocent people had died. Daddy

Every time I had seen men rise up, they had not prevailed and innocent people had died. Daddy

Lawrence Hill quotes: I would have to confess that in the land of the toubabu, I had managed to save only myself.

I would have to confess that in the land of the toubabu, I had managed to save only myself.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Someone knows my name. Seeing you makes me want to live.

Someone knows my name. Seeing you makes me want to live.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Redemption is invented by the sinner.

Redemption is invented by the sinner.

Lawrence Hill quotes: I don't govern my life according to danger

I don't govern my life according to danger

Lawrence Hill quotes: Reading felt like a daytime dream in a secret land. Nobody but I knew how to get there, and nobody but I owned that place

Reading felt like a daytime dream in a secret land. Nobody but I knew how to get there, and nobody but I owned that place

Lawrence Hill quotes: I had chosen freedom, with all its insecurities, and nothing in the world would make me turn away from it.

I had chosen freedom, with all its insecurities, and nothing in the world would make me turn away from it.

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

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

Lawrence Hill quotes: She asked why I was so black. I asked why she was so white. She said she was born that way. Same here, I replied.

She asked why I was so black. I asked why she was so white. She said she was born that way. Same here, I replied.

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

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

Lawrence Hill quotes: Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

Lawrence Hill quotes: When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Only from the calm, he said, can you see how to protect yourself from trouble.

Only from the calm, he said, can you see how to protect yourself from trouble.

Lawrence Hill quotes: That, I decided, was what it meant to be a slave: your past didn't matter, in the present you were invisible and you had no claim on the future.

That, I decided, was what it meant to be a slave: your past didn't matter, in the present you were invisible and you had no claim on the future.

Lawrence Hill quotes: We are never really beyond it ... slavery continues to this day.

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

Lawrence Hill quotes: Mama is beautiful," I said."Mama is strong," he said. "Beauty comes and goes. Strength, you keep forever.

Mama is beautiful," I said.
"Mama is strong," he said. "Beauty comes and goes. Strength, you keep forever.

Lawrence Hill quotes: Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.

Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.