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1 " She whirls around and around in her red English stockings and white moccasins, her cloak of wampum and feathers flying out around her like the wings of a great hawk. "
― Amy Belding Brown , Flight of the Sparrow
2 " Mam once told me the name Margaret means pearl. She said a pearl’s the only jewel that needs no cutting or polishing. Comes perfect from the hand of God Himself. And I ought to be treasuring myself like one. "
― Amy Belding Brown , Emily's House
3 " How strange that venturing away from accepted wisdom was the very path by which she found herself "
4 " He said that God always weeps when men and women are cruel—to each other, to animals. To the earth itself. He said that Christ’s kingdom will only come when we learn to be deeply kind. He told me to remember that while we draw breath, there will always be some way we can show kindness. "
5 " Our soul, as bird, escapéd is out of the fowler’s snare: the snare asunder broken is; and we delivered are. —Psalm 124, Verse 7The Bay Psalm Book,* 1640 "
6 " Love was not something that fell on a person out of a clear sky, but a warm affection that slowly grew from years of sharing life’s toils. "
7 " Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, "
― Amy Belding Brown , Mr. Emerson's Wife
8 " Words are like charms, she realizes. If said often enough, they will make it so "
9 " There is much happiness to be found in acceptance "
10 " We have both bought our redemption at a terrible price. You had to forge a lie. I had to bring in the heads of innocent men. We have both sold our souls to gain acceptance in this new and terrible world "
11 " in appearance and background "
