I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester.
The phrase I use is 'easy camaraderie. ' Non-western immigrants of color and their progeny like me - my parents came here fifty years ago and I was born and raised in Rochester - whether it's Teju Cole, or Rudresh Mahanthappa, or Himanshu Suri, or Miya Masaoka, or Barack Obama, we all have that in common. And that's different from being descended from enslaved African captives. I am very conscious of that difference, and conscious of how easy it is to forget about it. I find myself always coming up against that.
Rochester: My bride is here, because my equal is here, and my likeness. Jane, will you marry me?
Dead we become the lumber of the world.
I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night. I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye.
Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.
I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy. " Mr. Rochester
Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.
Man differs more from man than man from beast
Thank you, Mr. Rochester, for your great kindness. I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home—my only home.
