“Fine things had colors with evocative names--I knew this from reading Vogue, McCall's, and other magazines. common things were tan, blue, or white, but fine things were eggshell, cobalt, cafe au lait, ivory or cream.”
― The Foundling
― The Foundling
“If you want to get on with life, there's things you have to ignore, so you can keep on.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“All those things one once had and took for granted become so precious when we lose them, and then we are sorry for not acknowledging them and not making the most of them.”
― We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration
― We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration
“I have never met a grown man who, when thwarted like a child, doesn't act like one.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“Each generation thinks they're making a new way. What we mostly do is cover up what came before, following the same paths our people traced.”
― House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home
― House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home
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