Elizabeth Keckley Quotes

We who are crushed to earth with heavy chains, who travel a weary, rugged, thorny road, groping through midnight darkness on earth, earn our right to enjoy the sunshine in the great hereafter. At the grave, at least, we should be permitted to lay our burdens down, that a new world, a world of brightness, may open to us. The light that is denied us here should grow into a flood of effulgence beyond the dark, mysterious shadows of death.

Elizabeth Keckley

Quotes to Explore

I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.

Patrick deWitt
- Death
- Desire
- Write
A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.

Barbara Corcoran
- People
- Great
- Death
I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.

Nancy Sinatra
- Time
- Family
- Dad
My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'

Abraham Verghese
- Time
- Good
- Believe
Travel teaches as much as books.

Youssou N'Dour
- Travel
- Books
- Teaches
My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.

Dani Shapiro
- Death
- Dad
- Car