"I went to school in England and I was taught about slavery, but I was taught about it from a very European point of v…"

"How we danced. The music poured through our veins and we flowed with the beat. The wheel had come full circle. We wou…"

"You can read a lot of books and the main characters are white people - especially in the classics - and after a while…"

"In my pre-teen years, I read books such as Yoruba Girl Dancing by Simi Bedford, Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell and books by …"

"They ain’t been here long ’nough. They just barely human. Maybe not even. They suck up the world, don’t taste it."

"The intimacy of her mother’s hands and the warmth of the water lulled the Girl into a trance of sensuality she never …"

"Only frustrated people smoke too much and only lonely people are frustrated."

"I can never get a zipper to close."

"I didn't think I'd be true to a man again as long as I lived..."

"There were very few radio stations that played [Squallor's songs], yet they were a resounding success."