“But I have long loved the written word, and come to see in it the power of the sleeping lion. This is my name. This is who I am. This is how I got here. In the absence of an audience, I will write down my story so that it waits like a restful beast with lungs breathing and heart beating.” WritingHeartLongStoriesNamesWaitingSleepAudienceWrittenAbsenceWho I AmBreathingBeastLionsLungsWritten WordRestfulHeart Beating Book:The Book of Negroes Source: The Book of Negroes
