“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”Colson Whitehead book Zone OneSource: Zone One
“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.”Colson Whitehead book The Underground RailroadSource: The Underground Railroad
“Cora didn't know what optimistic meant. She asked the other girls that night if they were familiar with the word. None of them had heard it before. She decided that it meant trying.”Colson Whitehead book The Underground RailroadSource: The Underground Railroad