“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all hurt about it. Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
― Dust Tracks on a Road
― Dust Tracks on a Road
“Understand this if you understand nothing: it is a powerful thing to be seen”
― Freshwater
― Freshwater
“No one will love you more than you love your pain.”
― Claire of the Sea Light
― Claire of the Sea Light
“The sea sounded like a thousand secrets, all whispered at the same time.”
― A Map to the Door of No Return
― A Map to the Door of No Return
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