Margarida

“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.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“My momma always said the best way to get what you want from people is to give them what they think they want. They expected me to be stupid, so I used that to our advantage.”
― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation

“She asked why I was so black. I asked why she was so white. She said she was born that way. Same here, I replied.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“Sometimes it’s easier to think about other folks’ small hurts than your big ones.”
― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation