The slave child had no thought for the morrow; but there came that blight, which too surely waits on every human being born to be a chattel.

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.

Can any man sacrifice is life for his fellow man?

Appreciate what is in front of you, cherish your family and friends. tell them you love them each and every day! Remember, it can all change in the blink of an eye. Live without regret!

Until you have stood in another woman’s stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in.

State your point. If the opposite party doesn't agree, state it harder- with a punch.

I'm not ashamed to be me. More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What's wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become.

We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it!

There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a lot. That's always an interesting part of it with me.

Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.