Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.
“The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.”
“Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us.”