55 Quotes by Esi Edugyan

"The first rule of science, Captain, is to doubt appearances and to seek substances in their stead."

"Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It’s a little trick of mine."

"Life holds a sanctity for them we can scarcely begin to imagine; it therefore struck them as absurd that someone would choose to end it."

"Such a thing is not possible.” I peered quietly at him. “Nothing is possible, sir, until it is made so."

"It’s always early, while you still alive."

"What a strange journey we embarked upon that afternoon, full of anguish and desire and wonder."

"You were more concerned that slavery should be a moral stain upon white men than by the actual damage it wreaks on black men."

"The wrecked visage I was forced to carry like an unwanted warning to others was to her a known thing, a familiar mask. She seemed to see beneath it something of her own suffering and recovery – the acceptance of a life-changing wound, the will to go on."

"But human faces are so interesting,” said I. “Yes, to be sure. But when you are looking at one face, you are not looking at another. You are privileging that face. You are deciding who is worthy of observation and who is not. You are choosing who is worth preserving."

"Baltimore always seems like the kind of city you either leaving or just returning to. Ain’t no kinda place to hang your hat. Even as a kid I dreamed of getting out."