"Small Island" Quotes
"Small Island" follows the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and one British, as they navigate the challenges of post-World War II England.
fiction | 441 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
You can’t judge a book by its cover.
It don’t matter if you’re black or white or half-and-half. Everyone’s the same. We just people.
If the world was a fair place, some people would have a great deal and some would have little. But the world is not fair.
No matter where you are, there's always somewhere else you'd rather be.
But if you want to learn about a people, listen to the stories. The stories are all there.
There’s a world of difference between a white man’s freedom and a black man’s freedom.
Surviving is about self-preservation. It is also about holding on to dignity in the face of humiliation.
People don’t want to talk about ‘the past’. They want to talk about the future.
For true peace with ourselves, we must learn to be at peace with the past.
Life is a funny thing. It’s so much funnier when you’re happy.
