African-american-authors Quote by Malik Stan Reaves

“Don't buy things; buy freedom.”

— David Futrelle

“I count it a mistake of our mistaken democracy, that every man who can read print is allowed to believe that he can read…

— D.H. Lawrence

“Freedom is dangerous but it's precious, too. You can't just throw it away or let it slip away. You can't sell it for bread…

— Octavia E. Butler

“Books are one thing I love above all else. In a story, I can become anyone, travel any place. In those pages lives my…

— Sherry D. Ficklin

“Because all books are forbidden when a country turns to terror. The scaffolds on the corners, the list of things you may not read.…

— Philippa Gregory

“Nothing can enslaved us, if we free in our minds.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Freedom isn't the highest good. Power is. For without power, your freedom can be taken.”

— Brent Weeks

“Freedom without structure is its own slavery.”

— David Brooks

“Some people will love your book, some people will hate it and others will take it or leave it. True freedom as a reader…

— Shawnda Currie

“The starting point to freedom is to begin questioning the cultural narrative you have been sold.”

— Bryant McGill

“There can never be any real freedom on earth as long as people try to exert ownership over the natural resources of the world.”

— Bryant McGill

“Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.”

— Carla H. Krueger