North African Slave

Famous quotes containing the words north, african and/or slave:

“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.

Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

“If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.”
—White South African proverb.

“I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.”
—Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891)