# Twelve Years a Slave

## Metadata
- Author: [[Solomon Northup]]
- Full Title: Twelve Years a Slave
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- At such times, said he, the heart of man turns instinctively towards his Maker. In prosperity, and whenever there is nothing to injure or make him afraid, he remembers Him not, and is ready to defy Him; but place him in the midst of dangers, cut him off from human aid, let the grave open before him—then it is, in the time of his tribulation, that the scoffer and unbelieving man turns to God for help, feeling there is no other hope, or refuge, or safety, save in his protecting arm. ([Location 1368](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00FDS85EM&location=1368))
- During the day, the Angel of the Lord, who moveth invisibly over all the earth, gathering in his harvest of departing souls, had silently entered the cabin of the dying woman, and taken her from thence. She was free at last! ([Location 1494](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00FDS85EM&location=1494))