Aminata Quotes & Sayings

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have. — Cassandra Wilson

There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage. — Ted Cruz

Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off. — Robert Hand

When an Indian meets a terrorist, we condemn this. — Preneet Kaur

How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? — Jeanette Winterson

Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three continents. The Book of Negroes recites the pain, misery and liberation of one African woman, Aminata Diallo, who was stolen from her homeland and sold into American slavery. Through Aminata, Hill narrates the terrifying story of slavery and puts at the centre a female experience of the African Diaspora. I wept upon reading this story. The Book of Negroes is courageous, breathtaking, simply brilliant. — Afua Cooper

Perhaps most important for women's advancement, there still is no private or public support for working families, who rely primarily on mothers to care for the children. — Lynn Povich

The bodies went back in the doors and bars and the heads in the windows. The cops drove away and Freddy and the guys went back into the Greeks and the street was quiet, just the sound of a tug and an occasional car; and even the blood couldn't be seen from a few feet away. — Hubert Selby Jr.

She asked why I was so black. I asked why she was so white. She said she was born that way. Same here, I replied. — Lawrence Hill

When things don't go our way, we get to choose how we will respond. We get to choose our perspective. Will you focus on what you didn't get, or what you did get? — Victoria Osteen

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing. — Jean-Pierre Melville

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace. — Hermann Hesse

When rock came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled. — Jo Stafford

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians. — Beau Willimon

Primary-school education is a crock, basically. It's oppressive to anyone with physical energy, especially guys. — Camille Paglia