Lawrence Hill Quotes

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

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  Two, People, Humanity

  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.

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  Fighting, Waiting, Impossible

  Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.395, Random House

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

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  Slavery, This Day

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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.

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  Writing, Heart, Sleep

  Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.117, Random House

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• beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

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  Clever, Men, Looks

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• Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.

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  Eye, Two, Humanity

  Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.41, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.

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  Dream, Children, Today

  Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.119, 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.

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  Men, Years, Two

  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.

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  Imagination, Understanding, Taxes

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

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  Devil, Sometimes, Deals With The Devil

  Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.429, Random House

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• Redemption is invented by the sinner.

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  Honesty, Redemption, Sinner

  Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.417, W. W. Norton & Company

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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.

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  Disrespect, Papa, Legs

  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.

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  Beautiful, Hands, Wish

  Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.16, W. W. Norton & Company

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