Wasn't Surprised

“She wasn’t surprised when his character revealed itself—if you waited long enough, it always did. Like the dawn.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“Freedom was a community laboring for something lovely and rare.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“The only way to know how long you are lost in the darkness is to be saved from it.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad