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Solomon Northup

"Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey."

Source : Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Olaudah Equiano (2016). “Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave”, p.351, ShandonPress

Solomon Northup

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“men have their cake and get to eat it too, for while they decree themselves as representative of humanity, women who argue that men are not, are simply showing how little they know! And when men's standards are defined as human standards, then women who assert that women are different, demonstrate how 'inhuman' they are. It is a real 'Catch 22.”
“Supernatural was great because my character changed so much from beginning to end, always keeping me on my toes.”
“I often say I've spent more time with photography than I have with literature just in terms of hours.”
“I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution.”
“Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.”
“Raymond Carver had the quote that I loved about how he felt that a short story was the moment right before someone's life was about to fall apart. You can't really do that with a novel, but with a story you're just left hanging.”
“I shop only at thrift stores and vintage stores. In New York, I like a place called Star Struck, and a place called The Family Jewels.”
“Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members is in the shower. No one knows why.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2012). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.62, Portobello Books

"Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey."

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