Sarah

“Progress happens in phases. All things in due time.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, Keeper of Lost Children

“I can't remember her at all. You say her name so easily, but it hurts me to hear. I was so cheerful five seconds ago, but it's like my mama is waiting for me, dead, around every corner.”
― Tayari Jones, Kin

“Our mama didn't leave me and Lurelia, but she couldn't love none of us. She was born not even ten years after the Civil War. The ground was too dry for love to grow.”
― Tayari Jones , Kin

“I woke up with the shakes and went to bed with the runs. It all became too much, and a deep sadness had strangled me til I didn't want to live no more. Ten years went by without me drawing a clean breath. I lost my home, my woman, and only worked enough odd jobs to keep my mouth from getting dry. Alcohol had become my master; it was the only thing that mattered,”
― Sadeqa Johnson, Keeper of Lost Children