| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 611 | Here men were not tolerant of View more quotes about attempted">attempted escapes. |
| 6 | 612 | They did not have the patience for them. |
| 6 | 613 | Here, for women such as I, escape was not an option; here, for all practical purposes, it was simply impossible. |
| 6 | 614 | At best, we might hope, against all hopes, at great personal risk, even mortal risk, it seemed, to escape from the chains of one master into those of another, in which case, of course, we would be a "caught slave," a modality that would be almost certain to assure us of the cruelest of treatments and the harshest of confinements, followed, perhaps, if our captor pleased, by a return to our original master. |
| 6 | 615 | I suddenly sat, half up, on the metal floor. |
| 6 | 616 | Then I lay on it, on my back, shuddering, pulling my wrists up, behind the small of my back. |
| 6 | 617 | I raised my knees. |