"The Longest Memory" Quotes
"The Longest Memory" by Fred D'Aguiar explores the brutal realities of slavery through the intertwined stories of a Virginia plantation's enslaved individuals and their struggle for dignity and freedom.
fiction | 144 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
It's true: what you don't know can't hurt you.
ignorance
Memory is a burden to bear and a privilege to have.
memory
The only thing worse than a n***** is an educated one.
racism
The cruelty of slavery is not unknown to me.
slavery
But the heart has a memory all its own.
memory
We see only what we want to see.
perception
What was it that made me feel so alive and so dead at the same time?
emotions
It's a lie to believe there's only one way to say something.
perspective
Love is a dangerous thing, Chapel.
love
We're not just the color of our skins.
racismidentity
