"The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" Quotes
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman follows the life of a former slave as she recounts her experiences from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.
historical fiction | 272 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I was gonna stay but I knowed I couldn't live the way I was living, and I knowed I didn't want to die the way I was dying.
I was a slave. I was a slave.
I ain't never had no childhood.
They was killin' everybody. They killin' everybody.
I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna see it.
I knowed there was a better life out there somewhere, and I was gonna find it.
I just wanted to be free. I just wanted to be free.
Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round. I'm gonna keep on walking.
I had a feeling I was gonna live forever.
I don't want to go through that no more. I'm tired of that.
