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1 " Freedom for us has always been dangerous. Freedom for us has been a crime as far back as our oldest memories. And so whenever we’re feeling liberation we know that there’s somebody nearby with a rope and a collar, a shotgun and a curse. "
― Walter Mosley , Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8)
2 " Same thing’s wrong with all men,” the white woman said in a husky voice. “Thinkin’ about a woman’s butt and then wonderin’ why they got shit for brains. "
3 " I was living out the dream of emancipation—a free man in America, desperate for someone to rein me in. "
4 " nighttime is kind on the eyes. "
5 " Men are weak, Mr. Rawlins. They’re strong of arm but frail in their hearts. They need forgiveness more than women do. "
6 " My father once told me that a great man walks the back roads. He does what’s right every day and no one knows it but those lucky enough to be loved by him. "
7 " went out of the front door without answering because all I had in my lungs was a scream. "
8 " I went out of the front door without answering because all I had in my lungs was a scream. "
