Radburn: [brings food in to Solomon; a shriveled piece of meat and some water. Just barely enough to sustain Solomon. Radburn also has a shirt] That old thing of yours is just rags and tatters. Need something proper to wear. Go'won. Put it on. [Solom...
[repeated line] Solomon Solomon: Don't do this, Donnie!
Patroller: [in a vain attempt to escape, Solomon runs into some patrollers who are fixing to hang a trio of slaves] Boy, where are you going? Solomon Northup: To the store, Sir, to Bartholomew's. I was sent there by Mistress Epps. Patroller: [the pat...
Solomon Northup: I did as instructed. If there's something wrong, it's wrong with the instructions! Tibeats: You black bastard. You... goddamn... black bastard. Strip your clothes. [shoving Solomon] Tibeats: Strip. Solomon Northup: I will not.
What is a woman's greatest virtue? Patience.
The bigger the pot the more rice will stick to it.
Solomon's Laws 1. When the law doesn't work...work the law.
Foam will always find its way to the shore.
Solomon Northup: [Solomon awakens Armsby in the middle of the night. He offers him a handful of coins] The proceeds of my fiddling performances. A few picayunes, but all I have in the world. I promise them to you if you will do me the favor I require...
Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
Freeman: Oren. John. Lethe. Eliza. Randall. Emily. Platt... Platt! [Solomon is the only one still seated. He does not respond; Freeman approaches him] Freeman: You fit the description given. Why didn't you answer when called? Solomon Northup: My name...
A fruit tree that grows in a dung heap will certainly blossom.
Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.
A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
Everything has an end, if only you live long enough to see it.
The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.
There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.
Burch: Well, my boy, how yah feel now? Solomon Northup: I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me...
We interrogate the world by making.
In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.
There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.
