Lawrence Hill
To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.Collection: Two
I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.Collection: Fighting
We are never really beyond it... slavery continues to this day.Collection: Slavery
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.Collection: Writing
beware the clever man that makes the wrong look rightCollection: Clever
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.Collection: Eye
Today you live, child. Tomorrow, you dream.Collection: Dream
When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.Collection: Imagination
Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.Collection: Devil
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.Collection: Men
Redemption is invented by the sinner.Collection: Honesty
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.Collection: Disrespect
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.Collection: Beautiful