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.”
“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
“Be careful what you promise your kids. We ask them to believe that the world is a deeply predictable place, and you can always know where you’ll be tomorrow. But how sure are we?”
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
― Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
“Besides, I could barely keep my own head above water. How could I help my mother when I couldn’t even help myself?”
― 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
“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
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