“I would be mute, beautiful, changless as the earth for you. I would be your memory, without age, always innocent, always waiting in the King's white house. I would do that for you and no other man inthe relm. But it would be a lie and I will do anything but lie to you - I swear that.” MenWould BeAgeEarthBeautifulLyingHouseWaitingMemoriesWhiteKingsInnocentWhite HouseSwearMuteAlways Waiting Author:Patricia A. McKillip
“At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled.” MenFirstsMatterEarthNumbersRaceBehindsRightsBloodCenturyBrotherBirthKingsNo Matter WhatChainsBrokeThreshold Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek. You are the privileged person to whom everything is taken. The Kings of Tarshish shall bring gifts.” PersonsLongRunningEarthSongFallStarsTakenSkyTearsKingsSmellEndlessGrassCheeksPrivilegedCicadasLong Grass Book:Out of Africa Source: Out of Africa