Some Fates Are Guaranteed, No Matter Who

I Just Finished Colson Whitehead's "the Underground Railroad," Which I Think Is A Work Of Genius.

Certain Things Need Not Be Said, And There’s Nothing, Not A Whisper, Prayer, Not A Sacrifice, Not A Payment Of Any Price, That Would Change What’s About To Happen.

Everything We Knew Condemned Us, And Our Questioning Condemned Us Most Of All. Knowledge Was The Way Of Our People, And Knowledge Was Dangerous. It Was The First Thing That Freed You And The Thing That Put You In Peril. It Was The Key To The Ten Gates. I Saw Them Clearly Now, Each And Every One, The Gates That Were There For Me. Ashes, Bones, Grass, Heart, Stone, Love, Sorrow, Blood, Earth, Sky.

You Cannot Dispute The Ridiculous. You Cannot Argue Reasonably With Evil.

Every Fairy Tale Had A Bloody Lining. Every One Had Teeth And Claws.