Carma DeFries
https://www.goodreads.com/onelove2003
“The great man say that life is pain,” Coydog had said over eighty-five years before. “That mean if you love life, then you love the hurt come along wit’ it. Now, if that ain’t the blues, I don’t know what is.”
“I’m so tired of hate. Of violence caused by lack of understanding. Of loud men with weak morals.”
― It Happened in Silence
― It Happened in Silence
“Bet them folks working in the brick buildings in Atlanta don’t realize they’re surrounded by ashes and bits of people who died making blocks to build their walls.” He chuckles. “I hope they hear moans and groans at night.”
― It Happened in Silence
― It Happened in Silence
“Used to be not so many people lived on the street, and when they did, you could more or less tell why. Addiction or mental illness. But these days you got the majority of your people with, like, one paycheck standing between them and the street. So nowadays, could be anything. Medical bills. Job loss.”
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
“Okay,” I said. But only because I wanted the conversation to be over. Only because I wanted anything that required anything from me to stop. I had nothing to give to the world in that moment. Literally nothing. Couldn’t everybody see that?”
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
“It’s funny how many times when something seems impossible to explain, it turns out money is the part you weren’t getting. You know, once you finally figure it out.”
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
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