[first lines] Overseer: Alright now, y'all fresh niggers. Y'all gonna be in the cuttin' gang.
12 Years a Slave[last lines] Thomas Leroy: Nina, what did you do? Nina: I felt it. Perfect. I was perfect.
Black SwanDuty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
Ambrose Bierce