“When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“I didn't know how to be in the world without her.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“When mauma saw my raw eyes, she said, “Ain’t nobody can write down in a book what you worth.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“She said it again, "I'm tired."
She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go on, but I couldn't say it. I told her, "Course you're tired. You worked hard your whole life. That's all you did was work."
"Don't you remember me for that. Don't you remember I'm a slave and work hard. When you think of me, you say, she never belong to those people. She never belong to nobody but herself."
She closed her eyes. "You remember that."
"I will, mauma.”
― The Invention of Wings
She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go on, but I couldn't say it. I told her, "Course you're tired. You worked hard your whole life. That's all you did was work."
"Don't you remember me for that. Don't you remember I'm a slave and work hard. When you think of me, you say, she never belong to those people. She never belong to nobody but herself."
She closed her eyes. "You remember that."
"I will, mauma.”
― The Invention of Wings
“I’d chosen the regret I could live with best, that’s all.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
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