"Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows."

"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition."

"If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year."

"Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word."

"My mother and father were interested in the arts."

"I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now."

"It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible."

"I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did."