Quote by Colson Whitehead

“When the slaves finished, they had stripped the fields of their color. It was a magnificent operation, from seed to bale, but no one…

— Colson Whitehead

“Call them robbers and cutthroats--were they not amiable enough when they had sufficient to fill their bellies? Something was out of joint in a…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“History was drenched in blood. But it also had cooperation and kindness, generosity, intermarriage.”

— James S.A. Corey

“A lot we have in our head, But things of heart are not yet dead, They have done none, but just fled, Out of…

— Numey

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“How he'd gotten so damn lucky, he had no idea, but if it took slicing open his wound to keep Tate, then he was…

— Ella Frank

“What dreadful misfortune awaited them among the savage hordes intoxicated with blood?”

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

“It was safety, and joy, and comfort, and knowing that no matter what befell them … He would not balk. He would not break.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“There was something twisting in his gut that he wanted to deny and couldn't. It was like a knife in him that he could…

— Hazel B. West

“They rushed in like sickle cells forced through a vein.”

— Alex Adams

“There was a debt to be paid. And I was the method of extraction. Plain and simple. I’m a Hawk. She’s a Weaver. That…

— Pepper Winters

“They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their…

— Upton Sinclair