The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.

Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the other.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Just because you help others doesn’t mean you never need help yourself. Doctors can catch colds. Lawyers can be sued. Police officers can call 911.

We must continually abide in the vine, so that we can keep bearing lasting fruits

animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along

Always be Alert and Expect anything when you around your enemies or haters.

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise.

We are asking the wrong question. The issue is not who should be trusted with all the power of the Presidency. Instead, we must ask how much power any candidate can be trusted with.

I may be the prat in the hat, that's cool, but I drive an Aston Martin DB5.

The devil only exists because of your belief in him; same goes for that other guy.

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.