“How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep that a secret? This book is how.”
“I was a man, that much was clear. But, years after I became one, I still wondered what, exactly, that meant.”
“So there I lie on the plateau, under me the central core of fire from which was thrust this grumbling grinding mass of plutonic rock”
“The only difference between a medicine and a poison is the dosage.”
“Twelve. That was the year that I learned that being Black and poor defined me more than being bright and hopeful and ready.”
