Jan Strickland > Quotes

“No race is free from preconceived notions about people that are different from their own kind. Some were as judgmental as her father had been, keeping their distance. She knew they talked about her, but life had left a callus on her soul when it came to other peoples’ opinions about Quilly. That child was the love of her life.”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly

“I think sometimes God tests our faith, but I don’t think he curses us ‘cause we are his own children and children are not perfect. We love our children even when they are not perfect and so He loves us. Now that’s just my way of thinkin’.”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly

“To cook was to make up everthin’ good in life and then share it with those folks you love.”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly

“Nobody really wants to look the devil in the eye, better just to ride the wild pony!”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly

“Later in my life, my husband would use it to make me feel proud; he would call me his Yellow Rose of Texas and there was a real song by that name, I want you to know. I later heard that the yellow rose in that song was in fact a mulatto woman like me, a high yellow,”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly

“I may be his lady, but I’m not gone be his savior.”
― Jan Strickland, Quilly