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“It ain't but about one or maybe two ways to get a blessing. But it's a million ways to give a blessing away. And some folk, they be so good at giving away blessings. You give away your blessings enough, one day the Lord will up and take whatever blessing you need and leave you with nan blessing at all."

“Don’t let those people shoot you out of the sky while I’m gone.”

“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.“

“I didn't understand hell, partially because I didn't believe any place could be hotter than Mississippi in August.”

“In Grandmama's world, most white folk were destined for hell, not because they were white, but because they were fake Christians who hadn't really heeded their Bibles.” Hm

“Up until that point, I'd never really imagined Layla being in one emergency, much less emergencies. Part of it was Layla was a black girl and I was taught by big boys who were taught by big boys who were taught by big boys that black girls would be okay no matter what we did to them.”