Suzanne

“Chona had never been one to play by the rules of American society. She did not experience the world as most people did. To her, the world was not a china closet where you admire this and don’t touch that. Rather, she saw it as a place where every act of living was a chance for tikkun olam, to improve the world.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“I tried to enjoy it. I laughed in all the right places and smiled so that it reached my eyes. But all I saw now was the ending.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist

“That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.”
― James Jones, From Here to Eternity

“I want to catch words one day. I want to hold them then blow gently, watch them float right out of my hands.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming