“Here I am in the company of the short term—a great talker and an excellent listener. Here I am again on a bunk bed—between one port and another.”
― Boulder
― Boulder
“I had half a mind to drown myself then; but an odd wish to see the whole adventure out, a queer, impersonal, spectacular interest in myself, restrained me.”
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“I will not use this particular blue again.”
― Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys
― Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys
“Perhaps his life might have veered elsewhere if the US government had opened the country to colored advancement like they opened the army. But it was one thing to allow someone to kill for you and another to let him live next door.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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