💬 Quotes

"Every person is a link in a chain that reaches back to the beginning of time."

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage—to know who we are and where we have come from."

"Any nigger who tries to learn how to read or write is just fixin' to get himself into trouble."

"The past is a living thing, and it doesn't stay behind us. It is a part of us, shaping who we become."

"He knew that he would never be free until he could hold the memory of his people in his own mind, as if it were a physical place he could return to."

"You must tell your children, and they must tell their children, and so on, down through the ages."

"As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"

"I am a man more sinned against than sinning."

"Nothing will come of nothing: speak again."

"The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."

"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!"

"Seven half-bloods shall answer the call, to storm or fire the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, and foes bear arms to the Doors of Death."

"Wisdom's daughter walks alone, the Mark of Athena burns through Rome."

"Annabeth realized that the pride of Athena was a dangerous thing, but it was also the only thing that could lead her through the tunnels of Rome."

"We're not just fighting for ourselves. We're fighting for the world—the whole world. If we fail, there won't be a world left to save."

"It’s funny how monsters are always so eager to kill you, but they never want to have a conversation about why they’re doing it."

"As long as we're together, we can face anything. But if we lose each other, we've already lost the war."

"The poor critter meant to live so kindly and peaceably, and he was brought to this!"

"Whatever may be said of American slavery, is less than the reality. The great mass of the people... are either ignorant of the system, or have a heart of stone toward it."