4 Quotes by Maria Turtschaninoff

It had gone so far that mothers in certain regions where the slave scouts were most rife, such as Eliana, disfigured their daughters by shaving their heads, cutting or burning their faces, pulling out their teeth. Anything to try to keep them safe. Those born with a cleft lip or birthmarks were seen as blessed. They were safe

A woman taller and stronger than them was not something they could tolerate.

She does not know how to feel safe.” As I said it I knew it was true. “We will have to teach her how.

I saw the same thing in him as I had seen in the eyes of the men who stole me and my sisters that night, and in the eyes of the men who had sold me for silver and gold: to them I am a thing.