“This place was no freedom, and Massa Day was not done. Massa had only changed his name. He was no longer "Busha" or "Buckra" or "Massa". He was now "Boss" or "Miss" or "Sergeant." Sometimes Massa even changed his skin… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“To know a man properly, you must know the shape of his hurt - the specific wound around which his person has been formed… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“It don't take no great skill to write down a story. All you have to do is put one word after the next and… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“And so they have marched many more times since August Morning. They have joined every workers' strike, been part of every vigil and every… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“If you hear him beat that drum he will reveal something of himself to you, for what is a drumbeat, after all, other than… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“Whenever he cried, his grandmother would always tell him, You need a backbone, boy. She thought this was the way to raise a man-child… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“The great philosophical question goes: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound?… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“Agatha Lazarus found out then that there is a moment when a dream is so utterly crushed, that instead of withering the dreamer will… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“Look, this isn't magic realism. This is not another story about superstitious island people and their primitive beliefs. No. You don't get off that… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“And now everybody get the understanding that Gilzene did get. A man cannot rise on his own. Not even a powerful man like Alexander… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“After all, don't care how you want to sit there and deny the knowledge of River Mumma sitting on her rock - don't care… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“Maybe you shake your head, but let me learn a lesson right now: plenty knowledge is in this world. Enough knowledge that you can… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“This place was no freedom, and Massa Day was not done. Massa had only changed his name. He was no longer "Busha" or "Buckra"… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
