“I had no schooling whatever while I was a slave, though I remember on several occasions I went as far as the schoolhouse door with one of my young mistresses to carry her books. The picture of several dozen boys and girls in a schoolroom engaged in study made a deep impression upon me, and I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse and study in this way would be about the same as getting into paradise.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
“Aye. From this day onward…” He hesitated, but before she could worry over his silence, he said, “With you at my side, I shall think love, feel love, breathe love, and embrace love.”
― The Redeeming
― The Redeeming
“An entire generation was growing up in a world without sure principles by which to live in peace. And I couldn’t help but wonder, would my own son, after what he’d seen in the streets, come of age believing that there was no way to solve any problem but with a club or a pistol?”
― My Dear Hamilton
― My Dear Hamilton
“More than 300 children have been hospitalized worldwide since The Princess and the Frog was released. They were hospitalized with salmonella which they contracted from kissing frogs.”
― Random Facts You Probably Don't Know: Trivia BUNDLE: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Disney
― Random Facts You Probably Don't Know: Trivia BUNDLE: Harry Potter, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Disney
“Peter was going to die—to DIE.”
― The Story Girl
― The Story Girl
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