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"I'd thumbed through it enough  to know somewhere in the pages was a copy of a legal manumission document. Upon finding it I took paper and quill from Frather's desk and copied it: I hereby certify that on this day, 26 November 1803, in the city of Charleston, in the state of South Carolina, I set free from slavery, Hetty Grimke, and bestow this certificate of manumission upon her.  Sarah Moore   racialjustice/a/Sarah-Moore-Grimkandeac Sarah Grimke 

"An ornately framed portrait of George Washington was lit with a scrim of moonlight coming through the front window......For almost a year, Father had looked the other way as I'd slipped beneath Mr. Washington's nose to plunder the library. John, Thomas, and Frederick had total reign over his vast trove--books of law, geography, philosophy, theology.....and the Greek humanities--while Mary and I were officially forbiden to read a word of it."

" As a collaborative leader, you love to decorate your workspace with soft, floral patterns and watercolor pictures. These scenes make your world appear more peaceful. You have even been known to use rose-scented air freshener. Others may find your environment a bit over-the-top, but they are the first ones to enter your world when they face workplace challenges. The soft colors and the warm embrace of your world help them to feel welcome and relaxed."

In Beaworthy, England there are many secrets. These secrets have left people in the community bitter, sad and lost in the past. The characters live there lives like students in a dancing master's class. There is one difference. The dancing students have become frozen mannequins. They're is no way to relax under such pressure. The students are stiff and withdrawn, afraid to speak or touch one another. The villagers so unhappy I think of them as volcanoes growing and growing wanting to rain a wide, hot trail of ash down to the town. Perhaps, this is why Joe and Felix Wilcox are so cruel. These brothers are definitely frightening bullies. For no reason they pick a fight with Alec Valcourt more than once. One time kicking him in the ribs so hard he can not stand up without help. I think brutality became their only outlet in a village where no one talks about what is really on their minds. Lady Amelia Midwinter, Julia Midwinter's mother, allows no one in Beaworthy to dance.

" He self-consciously fingered the cover of Gulliver's Travels. You probably read this long ago."

" None of us can play the blasted thing, and it's a shame to let 'er sit idle. Though I would guess she's terrible out of tune. The harpischord, that, not your sister."

" You really ought to see Mrs. Tickle dance the Highland Fling."