My life is bitter as wormwood; the very life is burning out of me. Chapter 24, pg. Take the horse back, and clean him properly. 18Quote 17: "'No; she can't bar me, 'cause I'm a nigger!--she'd 's soon have a toad touch her! Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Bantam Books edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1981.

Quote 14: "'It's jest no use tryin' to keep Miss Eva here. 61Quote 37: "A day of grace is yet held out to us. What's the use of living? Chapter 24, pg.

""The Lord," said Tom. So, now, you hold on to her, and grow up, and be a comfort to her.Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Didn't I pay down twelve hundred dollars, cash, for all there is inside yer old cussed black shell? What's the use of living? 275Quote 9: "'I looks like gwine to heaven, an't thar where white folks is gwine? When he came to himself, the fire was gone out, his clothes were wet with the chill and drenching dews; but the dread soul-crisis was past, and, in the joy that filled him, he no longer felt hunger, cold, degradation, disappointment, wretchedness. 320Quote 5: "'You ought to be ashamed, John!

Chapter 14, pg. One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs. Poor, homeless, houseless creatures! 27 of the best book quotes from Uncle Tom's Cabin #1 “Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. Papa, isn't there any way to have all slaves made free?'" I forgive ye, with all my soul!'"

Uncle Tom's Cabin Quotes.

Still we must eat, and drink, and sleep, and wake again, - still bargain, buy, sell, ask and answer questions, - pursue, in short, a thousand shadows, though all interest in them be over; the cold, mechanical habit of living remaining, after all vital interest in it has fled.Is there anything in it glorious and dear for a nation, that is not also glorious and dear for a man? I'm a poor, miserable, forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me, that's all. But be careful, for I've got the devil in me!'" Aside from the thesis statements for “Uncle Tom's Cabin” above, these quotes alone can act as essay questions or study questions as they are all relevant to the text in an important way. It’s always safest, all round, to do as He bids us.«It's true, Christian-like or not; and is about as Christian-like as most other things in the world,» said Alfred.O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. I Quote 30: "'Mas'r, if you was sick, or in trouble, or dying, and I could save ye, I'd Quote 26: "'You're afraid of me, Simon, and you've reason to be. he said, "there ain't no more ye can do!

Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hopes, desires and wants, one day, and the next be gone, utterly gone, and forever!Obeying God never brings on public evils. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Quote 25: "'When I was a girl, I thought I was religious; I used to love God and prayer. Think of your freedom, every time you see UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; and let it be a memorial to put you all in mind to follow in his steps, and be as honest and faithful and Christian as he was.'" Quote 1: "'Yes Eliza, it's all misery, misery, misery! FreeBookNotes found 13 important quotes from 9 key chapters of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 366 411Quote 33: "'Don't call me poor fellow! Such things always sunk into my heart; they went down deep; I've thought and thought about them. My life is bitter as wormwood; the very life is burning out of me. I'd rather go to torment, and get away from Mas'r and Missis.

I had Quote 23: "'Here, you rascal, you make believe to be so pious,--didn't you never hear, out of your Bible, 'Servants, obey yer masters'? pg. Look at the bottom of the page to identify which edition of the text by Harriet Beecher Stowe they are referring to. Uncle Tom's Cabin 2 Tom read,—"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works.It is with the oppressed, enslaved, African race that I cast in my lot; and if I wished anything, I would wish myself two shades darker, rather than one lighter.An atmosphere of sympathetic influence encircles every human being; and the man or woman who feels strongly, healthily and justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race.What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.Tom read,—"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. "Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm.Oh my Eva, whose little hour on earth did so much good... what account have I to give for my long years?Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die, and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient.

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I know it can’t. "Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.The water of the river is the calmest, where the deepest.the Lord gives a good many things twice over, but he don't give ye a mother but once.

Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Quote 36: "'It was on his grave, my friends, that I resolved, before God, that I would never own another slave, while it is possible to free him; that nobody, through me, should ever run the risk of being parted from home and friends, and dying on a lonely plantation, as he died. Now will you learn not to answer back when I speak to you?