

“I was twenty-one years in that cage of obscene birds. I can testify, from my own experience and observation, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks. It makes the white fathers cruel and sensual; the sons violent and licentious; it contaminates the daughters, and makes the wives wretched. And as for the colored race, it needs an abler pen than mine to describe the extremity of their sufferings, the depth of their degradation.”
― Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
― Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt. I fear. I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”
― Dracula
― Dracula

“Always the cricket; one movie credit and it’s like he’s the gold standard...”
― The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue
― The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Yes, and our kid brother Superhero has died so many times that the readers barely even notice anymore.”
― Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
― Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover

“Life is a grand puzzle, with pieces interlocking, pieces elusive, pieces missing. But in the end, God puts it all together and we see the full picture. (Sean Culver)~pg 210”
― The Fashion Designer
― The Fashion Designer
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