Rudyard Kipling Quote by David Markson

“A slave ship of the skies.”

— Gucci Mane

“No slave had ever keeled over dead at a spinning wheel or been butchered for a tangle. But nobody wanted to speak on the…

— Colson Whitehead

“He was content to wait, his bare limbs on the sheets heavy, the gold slave cuffs and collar his only adornments. He felt the…

— C.S. Pacat

“Surely it is the sight of your enemy slain, the humiliation of his tribe and the lamentation of his women.”

— Terry Pratchett

“What does he know of the half-starved wretches toiling from dawn till dark on the plantations? of mothers shrieking for their children, torn from…

— Harriet Jacobs

“I could easily imagine him on a battlefield ripping his enemies in half with his bare hands. Throw a kilt and a broadsword across…

— Grace Goodwin

“As we passed he returned grimly to his task, though his arthritic hands could hardly close around the stick. There was something almost regal…

— Ransom Riggs

“Crockery broke and fabric frayed. The delicate things I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”

— Sujata Massey

“She was the subject creature, and versed in the arts of the enslaved.”

— Edith Wharton

“We rode through the night. No food offered, no water provided. They raided town after town until we finally reached the shore. There, we…

— Margeaux Laurent

“He had no other weapon than his hate. He resolved to whet it in the galleys and to bear it away with him when…

— Victor Hugo

“I told him I was a slave, and he pretended to believe me. I kissed him on the battlements. He had his servants bring…

— C.S. Pacat