Jessica

“Oh I know what they say about us in town, and I say, the hell with them! I tell you, I don't give a damn. I have got to be an old woman in the twinkling of an eye, and it is sort of a relief, I can tell you. I do what I want to now. Last week I traded all our eggs for ice cream at Holden's Grocery. Now that I have shrunk down little as a child, I figure I might as well act like one. I don't care. I like ice cream. Juney does too. We like to put bourbon in it, and make ourselves a milkshake.”
― Lee Smith, On Agate Hill

“...Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.”
― Brady Udall, The Lonely Polygamist

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick your bones.”
― Lee Smith, On Agate Hill