# Quote — Bernardine Evaristo, The Emperor's Babe

> When you're a slave you dream / of either owning slaves or freeing them.

- Author: [Bernardine Evaristo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernardine-evaristo.md)
- Book: [The Emperor's Babe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/bernardine-evaristo/the-emperors-babe.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernardine_Evaristo#The_Emperor's_Babe) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
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