Suzette D. Harrison > Quotes

“Ain’t easy feeling victorious when you’re running from the first sin to the second.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“Mama often reminded us that God didn’t like ugly and wasn’t fond of fools or falsehoods.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“Grief and healing are works in progress, and each day they can look different. Just be open to however they manifest.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“Life can be sneaky sometimes, so be ready to make other plans and pivot on a dime.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“the only constant thing in life is what?” “Change,”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“As long as I'm breathing, I have opportunity.”
― Suzette D. Harrison

“I’ve never lived a day without my mother. This world can’t feel right without her. When she leaves there’ll be a hole in my soul no one else can fill.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“Best to use what time you have wisely to minimize regrets.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“Zoe Noelle, you chasing rabbits in the wind. Go sit down. Breathe. Think. Then try again.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“Raised by activists who’d instilled a deep sense of pride in me, the burden of race relations had made it impossible for me to come to the relationship without four hundred years of oppressive history about my neck.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“If freedom ever knocks on your door same as it did for Mathilda and Noble... open it!”
― Suzette D. Harrison, My Name Is Ona Judge

“You try to make things work just so they make sense.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“Life is precious. And entirely too brief to expend energy on what makes you miserable. Or living an obligatory life without satisfaction.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“encourage”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“Finding Miss Ona's journal and reading her story was a lesson in dignity. She'd been a person owned by other persons. Yet when faced with the reality of being "gifted" to yet another master, she knew enough about herself and her inherent worth to know she deserved freedom, and risked life and limb to get it.

She was barely grown but dared to face an unknown world with all its hostilities, uncertainties, and risks because she believed she deserved to be free. Hers is not a household name, yet she's a personal treasure who inspires me daily, enabling me to face any self-doubt and challenges knowing that I have the strength of the ancients. I am the answer to the fervent prayers for freedom that they prayed. I am their future and I'm here because of forbearers like Ona Judge Staines.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, My Name Is Ona Judge

“NuNu’s God didn’t dwell in a brick and mortar edifice made by mortal man. The earth was His temple, and He didn’t need Sunday service to commission His praise. Besides, according to NuNu, sitting in service with folks who’d raised Cain all week only to jump saved come Sunday was more burden than she need bear.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, Taffy

“Getting off of those streets became my desperate need. Find the Lord’s house.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Dust Bowl Orphans

“When things happen that aren’t what you want, send your mind to a different place till they’re over with.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, My Name Is Ona Judge

“Beloved, the scriptures say “it’s appointed unto men once to die.” I’ve made my appointment with God. I’m not leaving a second sooner, and I’m not staying a second too long.”
― Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus