"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition."

-- Harriet Ann Jacobs

#Secret Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“They had always told me that I wrote like a man.”
“Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.”
“Do not compare yourself. Find out what God has placed in your ability.”
“I do not think there is such a thing as a "clash of civilizations." When I say that Muslims as Muslims cannot be represented in the West, I was being ironic, and also referring to the fact that ninety percent of the time when people talk about "the problem of Muslims" in the West, it is to complain about the fact that Muslims have not "integrated."”

Source : "Do Muslims Belong in the West? An Interview with Talal Asad". Interview with Hasan Azad, www.jadaliyya.com. February 3, 2015.
“The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them.”
“We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.”
“Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have anything to say and take to performing instead of stating.”
“Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.”

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