The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.

The world is a great book, and we are the words.

我们都是自己经历的翻译者，试图用自己的语言理解世界。

我发誓和你断绝一切父女之情和血缘亲属关系，把你当做一个路人看待 从现在起直到永远。

We are all prisoners of our own stories, but we can choose how to tell them.

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.