Brooklynn

“If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day.”
― Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

“The sword glitters not because the swordsman set out to make it glitter but because he is fighting for his life and therefore moving it very quickly.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“What do you hope readers will ultimately take away from Cussy’s story? Poverty and marginalization are not so much economics or politics or societal issues as much as they are human issues. They are best grappled with by reaching deep into the lives of those suffering them. Knowing one small piece of this world—the earth, the sky, the plants, the people, and the very air of it—helps us to understand the sufferings and joys of others ourselves.”
― Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

“Well, them cloths are a lot like folks. Ain’t much difference at all. Some of us is more spiffed up than others, some stiffer, and still, some softer. There’s the colorful and dull, ugly and pretty, old, new ’uns. But in the end we’s all fabric, cut from His cloth. Fabric, and just that.”
― Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek