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Yaa Gyasi quotes: There should be no room in your life for regret. If in the moment of doing you felt clarity, you felt certainty, then why feel regret later?" She

There should be no room in your life for regret. If in the moment of doing you felt clarity, you felt certainty, then why feel regret later?" She

Yaa Gyasi quotes: It was the way most people lived their lives, on upper levels, not stopping to peer underneath. And

It was the way most people lived their lives, on upper levels, not stopping to peer underneath. And

Yaa Gyasi quotes: The convicts working the mines were almost all like him. Black, once slave, once free, now slave again.

The convicts working the mines were almost all like him. Black, once slave, once free, now slave again.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: You want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.

You want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: He said that people need time in order to be able to see things clearly.

He said that people need time in order to be able to see things clearly.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Theirs was the kind of life that did not guarantee living.

Theirs was the kind of life that did not guarantee living.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Loneliness, maybe. Or aloneness. The way I don't fit here or there. My

Loneliness, maybe. Or aloneness. The way I don't fit here or there. My

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Not the being lost, but the being found. It was the same feeling he got whenever he saw Marjorie. Like she had, somehow, found him. Months

Not the being lost, but the being found. It was the same feeling he got whenever he saw Marjorie. Like she had, somehow, found him. Months

Yaa Gyasi quotes: My grandmother used to say we were born of a great fire. I wish I knew what she meant by that.

My grandmother used to say we were born of a great fire. I wish I knew what she meant by that.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: You was always so angry. Even as a child, you was angry. I

You was always so angry. Even as a child, you was angry. I

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Akua rested her head against a rock, and did not speak until she heard the girls' soft and sleepy breaths floating about her like tiny butterflies.

Akua rested her head against a rock, and did not speak until she heard the girls' soft and sleepy breaths floating about her like tiny butterflies.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Her mother often joked that Marjorie must have been birthed from a cocoa nut, split open and wide.

Her mother often joked that Marjorie must have been birthed from a cocoa nut, split open and wide.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: her grandmother reminding her how to come home.

her grandmother reminding her how to come home.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Everything was brilliant here, even the ground. Everywhere

Everything was brilliant here, even the ground. Everywhere

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Tiny pieces of clay that they would never find, that would be absorbed into that earth from which they came. The

Tiny pieces of clay that they would never find, that would be absorbed into that earth from which they came. The

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: heat radiating off of his skin, coming

heat radiating off of his skin, coming

Yaa Gyasi quotes: The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.

The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Used to sell 'em; now they just send 'em to prison like

Used to sell 'em; now they just send 'em to prison like

Yaa Gyasi quotes: You can learn anything when you have to learn it. You could learn how to fly if it meant you would live another day.

You can learn anything when you have to learn it. You could learn how to fly if it meant you would live another day.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: They had been products of their time, and walking in Birmingham now, Marcus was an accumulation of these times. That was the point.

They had been products of their time, and walking in Birmingham now, Marcus was an accumulation of these times. That was the point.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.

in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: History is Storytelling.

History is Storytelling.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your own home. I

Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your own home. I

Yaa Gyasi quotes: He didn't miss what he didn't know, what he couldn't feel in his hands or his heart.

He didn't miss what he didn't know, what he couldn't feel in his hands or his heart.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: I haven't changed, Willie," Robert said to the wall. "No, but you ain't the same neither," she replied.

I haven't changed, Willie," Robert said to the wall. "No, but you ain't the same neither," she replied.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: As long as he lived, it would always be a pleasure and a gift to fill his hands with the weight of her flesh.

As long as he lived, it would always be a pleasure and a gift to fill his hands with the weight of her flesh.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.

No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.

Yaa Gyasi quotes: ... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.