• The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.

    Ntozake Shange: The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.
    Ntozake Shange (2010). “Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel”, p.36, Macmillan