An Unconditional Freedom Quotes

“I care because as long as slavery is sanctioned in this world, either directly or tacitly, we are a doomed species. There is no hope for progress, no hope for a world of peace and prosperity, if some men are allowed dominion over others for as arbitrary a reason as skin color.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“That was all people could really do for one another, he supposed. Take care of each other during the bad times -- and there would always be bad times -- and make each other happy during the good.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“I was born Negro in a country where that is a crime, and I was ignorant enough not to know that I had already been convicted.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“When the Founding Fathers put quill to parchment and scrawled 'all men are created equal' they codified this country as a shining beacon of hope in the world. On paper. In reality, the same men who signed that document went back to their homes and were greeted by their slaves. Slaves to cook for them. Slaves to clean for them. Slaves to fuck.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“I’m not talking about changing the laws, Daniel. I’m talking about changing the white men who craft them. Show me how to do that and we’ll solve the problem of America.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“I believe that sometimes a man sees something he wants and covets it, whether it be property or a woman or prestige. Some men don’t see a difference among the three. They do anything they can to get them. A means to an end—is that the saying? For something that helps you get what you want?” She glanced at him and he nodded. “I think maybe I was the means and had confused myself for the end.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“I’m sorry,” he said. She was ready to accept his apology, but then he continued. “Sorry that you think language and culture create deeper ties than the common journeys our ancestors made across the Atlantic, crammed into the filthy holds of ships. That’s a language, too. If you can’t speak it yet, then you are lucky. If you refuse to learn it, then you have no business with the Loyal League.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom

“She had been called mi princesa hermosa, but the tales her mother had told weren't only about the pale blond ones locked in towers waiting for a prince to come. Janeta had heard tales of African princesses, brave and strong, fighting to protect their people.”
― Alyssa Cole, An Unconditional Freedom