Kate Mayfield > Quotes

“I grew up feeling split down the middle with a partial stake in the robustness of life, and another that needed to retreat to silence and observation, to be alone and undisturbed.”
― Kate Mayfield, The Undertaker's Daughter

“Sometimes people who had less, who sacrificed everything to have what many of us took for granted, were the strongest among us, even though they might be in tattered clothes and smell unpleasant. I”
― Kate Mayfield, The Undertaker's Daughter

“But I liked Totty’s Northern accent, which sparked my imagination. She spoke so quickly, like short flashes of lightning. I imagined everyone in The North raced about their day, speaking in clipped spurts while we walked through molasses elongating our vowels. One”
― Kate Mayfield, The Undertaker's Daughter

“she possessed the manners and grace of a Tennessee Williams character having a good day,”
― Kate Mayfield, The Undertaker's Daughter