“They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea
― Wide Sargasso Sea
“The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.”
― Empire Star
― Empire Star
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