Stacia

“When I reached her room, I didn't go in. I sat on the floor outside her door, and I cried the tears I knew I wouldn't be able to bring forth once she was gone. I cried tears for the poet and through her I cried tears for my mother and for my father. I must have fallen asleep right there in the corridor, for I was woken when the sun took over from the moon, by a nurse arriving to check on Kingfisher. She took me wordlessly to the staff room and made me a cup of coffee with both milk and sugar, and gave me tissues to wipe my face. How many kind strangers there are, for all of us, and how often they know the value of silence and soft hands.”
― Rozie Kelly, Kingfisher

“When Georgia's native son Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976, the world marveled at his family. Mama, in her old age, left to serve as a missionary in India; wife, Rosalynn, told reporters about the family ghost; sister, Ruth, was a faith healer; brother, Billy, became the poster child for rednecks; and cousin Hugh, a state legislator, ran the world's largest worm farm. Jimmy himself had reported seeing a UFO, admitted lusting in his heart, and was attacked by a killer rabbit.

Georgians were puzzled by all the attention. Why would anybody think this family was weird?”
― Jim Miles, Weird Georgia: Your Travel Guide to Georgia's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

“My role in our relationship is to remain reliably broken. She fixes me and I ensure I remain a mess for her to fix. It's the most functional relationship I've ever had.”
― Rozie Kelly, Kingfisher

“Humans will always do something horrible if you watch them for long enough.”
― Rozie Kelly, Kingfisher