“To know a man properly, you must know the shape of his hurt - the specific wound around which his person has been formed like a scab.” — 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
