Lawrence Hill Quote

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got here. In the absence of an audience, I will write down my story so that it waits like a restful beast with lungs breathing and heart beating.

The Book of Negroes (ed. Random House, 2009) - ISBN: 9781409080602

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got...

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got...

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got...

But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got...