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Song Yet Sung
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"Song Yet Sung" Quotes

A runaway slave with the ability to see the future struggles to survive in the dangerous world of pre-Civil War Maryland.

Quotes

To know the world, to know the mind and heart of man, you must know the world of the slave.

James McBride

knowledgeempathy

The people who are the most free are the most enslaved.

James McBride

freedomenslavement

The past is never dead. It is not even past.

James McBride

historypast

Sometimes the people who need to listen the most are the ones who do all the talking.

James McBride

listeningcommunication

The only thing worse than knowing is not knowing.

James McBride

knowledgeignorance

The mind is a place of its own.

James McBride

mindintrospection

Change is a gift, a present of the mind.

James McBride

changemindset

The world doesn't come to you, you have to go to it.

James McBride

perseveranceambition

Some things are clear. Others are not.

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clarityambiguity

Sometimes good people do bad things.

James McBride

moralitycharacter