“I resolved not to be conquered again.”

“The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.”

“Reader, did you ever hate? I hope not. I never did but once; and I trust I never shall again. Somebody has called it "the atmosphere of hell"; and I believe it is so.”

“Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak!”

“He grew vexed and asked if poverty and hardships with freedom, were not preferable to our treatment in slavery...No, I will not stay. Let them bring me back. We don't die but once.”

“There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment”

“The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds”