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“Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave,” she said softly.
Civilization is the way one’s own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.”
But even if you inherit talent from only one of your parents, you’ll be formidable, and nothing like me.
Doro looked at people, healthy or ill, and wondered what kind of young they could produce. Anyanwu looked at the sick—especially those with problems she had not seen before—and wondered whether she could defeat their disease.
“She was never my slave.” “She thinks she was. She doesn’t think she will be again though.”
“White women must be protected,” Doro said, “whether they want to be or not.” “As property is protected.” Anyanwu shook her head. “Preserved for the use of owners alone.
