55 Quotes by Esi Edugyan

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.

I hesitate, I suppose it is only from a general dread of company. We all of us wish for it, in our solitude, but on the eve of a great visit, we shudder.

The cabbie’s eyes sort of glazed over. Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It’s a little trick of mine.

Be faithful to what you see, Washington, and not to what you are supposed to see.

Children know everything about beauty,” Titch countered softly. “It is adults who have forgotten.