“A scar is a sign of strength. . .the sign of a survivor.”
― Chains
― Chains
“It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.”
― Chains
― Chains
“Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.”
― Chains
― Chains
“Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. That's where Momma was now, wailing at the water's edge, while her girls were pulled out of sight under white sails that cracked in the wind.”
― Chains
― Chains
“I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page”
― Chains
― Chains
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