Glamy

“Ophie knew better than to ask such a thing, to wonder why it was that all the grown folks said nice things about people even even they were lies. She just took it as part of the unspoken rules of life, the same as "don't talk back to elders" and "clear off the sidewalk for white folks to get by" Things that had always existed, that she couldn't question or ague, any more than she could argue with the rain.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

“But Ophie had learned that the best way to survive in this world was to treat white folks, especially important white folks, the same way she treated snakes: cautiously, and with respect, whether they deserved it.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

“Ophie realized she had never ever seen such a thing before. It filled her with a sense of ease, and as they approached, she spun around, taking in the small part of Pittsburgh where it seemed that being a Negro was no more usual than wearing a hat. A tension that Ophie always carried with her melted away. It was the constant fear of saying the wrong thing or looking the wrong way at a white person, the inevitable consequences of such a trespass. There was something nice about realizing that there really was nothing wrong with being colored, despite what some folks thought.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

“El precio, siempre el precio. Nada era posible en el mundo sin pagar su precio.”
― Javier Yanes, La Yōkai Yuki Onna: La figlia della neve