Ntozake Shange Quote

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.


Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel (ed. 2010)


The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.