Quote by Lawrence Hill

“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why…

— Lawrence Hill

“In the absence of an audience, I will write down my story so that it waits like a restful beast with lungs breathing and…

— Lawrence Hill

Redemption is invented by the sinner.

— Lawrence Hill

“Reading felt like a daytime dream in a secret land. Nobody but I knew how to get there, and nobody but I owned that…

— Lawrence Hill

Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.

— Lawrence Hill

“I concluded that no place in the world was entirely safe for an African, and that for many of us, survival depended on perpetual…

— Lawrence Hill

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

— Lawrence Hill

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name.…

— Lawrence Hill

“To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.”

— Lawrence Hill

“I looked up from the street and again at the wretched captives. I vowed not to let the noises of the city drown out…

— Lawrence Hill

Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to…

— Lawrence Hill

I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse,…

— Lawrence Hill