5 Quotes
"It excited me to imagine that fifty years later, someone might find an ancestor in the Book Of Negroes and say, "That was my grandmother."" (Hill 331)
I think that this quote describes Aminata's character a lot as two of the things she has wanted most appeared on this quote. It fits very well into the theme of identification as Aminata is always afraid of dying without having anyone knowing who she is mourning for her loss just like all the other slaves that had died. This quote is very significant especially considering the time that Aminata is at when this quote was mentioned where she had nobody, everyone who she has once known had died or killed, and now the least that she could hope is that someone recognizing her name from the Book Of Negroes. It also relates to the symbol of the Book Of Negroes being the book that she was working on in that chapter.
"Each night, I climbed into bed with my daughter and tried to calm myself by following the rise and fall of her breathing." (Hill 383)
This quote displays the traumatic experiences that the protagonist in the story has gone through and it is significant to the novel because this novel is about a 'Negro's life, who once was a slave and had gone through some very horrifying and traumatic experiences in her life.
"Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all."
The quote means a lot to this novel seeing that Aminata is constantly living in the most extreme conditions with people around that can't be trusted at all. It signifies to the readers that there really isn't much choice at those times, almost no one could be trusted and when Aminata was in some really desperate situations she would have to be forced to make a deal with the people
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