“In Britain I found things to be very different. I have yet to meet a single English person who has actually admitted… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“The betrayal I now felt was greater because it had been perpetrated with the greatest of charm and courtesy.” — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“It was like a disease, and these children whom I loved without caring about their skins or their backgrounds, they were tainted… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“The smells arose from everything, everywhere, flowing together and remaining as a sickening, tantalizing discomfort. They flowed from the delicatessen shop with its uncovered… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“There's no corporal punishment here, or any other form of punishment for that matter, and the children are encouraged to speak up for themselves.… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“On my way home that evening I felt an effervescence of spirit which built up inside me until I felt like shouting out loud… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“It’s no one’s fault really,” he continued. “A big city cannot afford to have its attention distracted from the important job of being a… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“It is said that here we practise free discipline. That's wrong, quite wrong. It would be more correct to say that we are seeking,… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“In Britain I found things to be very different. I have yet to meet a single English person who has actually admitted to anti-negro… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“The betrayal I now felt was greater because it had been perpetrated with the greatest of charm and courtesy.” — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“They knew that Jamaica produced sugar, rum and bananas, that Nigeria produced cocoa, and that British Guiana had large natural resources; but these names,… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“Oh God, forgive me for the hateful thoughts, because I love them, these brutal, disarming bastards, I love them …” — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“Don't fall into the habit of bringing work home, Rick. It indicates a lack of planning, and you would eventually find yourself stuck indoors… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
“Teaching is like having a bank account. You can happily draw on it while it is well supplied with new funds; otherwise you're in… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
