Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I’m driving through heaven handing our provisions to wandering souls! If only we could find a place where there’s no shooting, me and my children–what’s left of ‘em–we might rest a while. Bertolt Brecht
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The quote, "Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I’m driving through heaven handing our provisions to wandering souls — if only we could find a place where there’s no shooting, me and my children — what’s left of ‘em — we might rest a while," is a poem by Abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman about the difficulties of escaping slavery. Mr. Tubman was never able to make it back home to his wife and children.

He was always on the move looking for a safe place for his family to settle. In some ways, he was on a search for a home that would be free from the horrors of slavery. In the end, he found it in his dreams, free from slavery itself.

Source: Mother Courage And Her Children

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