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> [“At last, her mother and sisters exited the station and came to stand next to her. “Mama,” Hattie said. “I’ll never go back. Never.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/at-last-her-mother-and-sisters-exited-the-station-and-came-to-stand/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

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## More by Ayana Mathis

> [“In one of the novel’s most dramatic and revealing chapters, Hattie leaves August with the older children and escapes with baby Ruthie (then called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/in-one-of-the-novel-s-most-dramatic-and-revealing-chapters-hattie/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to come, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/i-think-being-consistent-is-really-important-in-the-arts-there-s-a/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [I think of my success as a kind of fluke. How else could I possibly think of it? And although it's a banal thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/i-think-of-my-success-as-a-kind-of-fluke-how-else-could-i-possibly/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [You have to find a way of shutting the future out and focusing on the writing. One of the problems I'll have with writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/you-have-to-find-a-way-of-shutting-the-future-out-and-focusing-on-the/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [I'm wary of being put in boxes. But at the same time, it's important that I embrace my identity as a writer who happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/i-m-wary-of-being-put-in-boxes-but-at-the-same-time-it-s-important/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Half of what’s wrong with people today is that they ain’t got no place to go that makes them peaceful. I don’t reckon you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/half-of-what-s-wrong-with-people-today-is-that-they-ain-t-got-no/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Bell lifted her hand to her chest. Her heart beat so quickly. She was floating out on a tide of agony, and soon she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/bell-lifted-her-hand-to-her-chest-her-heart-beat-so-quickly-she-was/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [Racial terrorism affects the lives of white people and black people and everyone, everything. Racism is contaminating. It can affect the dogs in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/racial-terrorism-affects-the-lives-of-white-people-and-black-people/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Hattie’s children died in the order in which they were born: first Philadelphia, then Jubilee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/hattie-s-children-died-in-the-order-in-which-they-were-born-first/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Six understood in that instant that he had something the ministers wanted and it had given him power among them. He had never been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/six-understood-in-that-instant-that-he-had-something-the-ministers/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/i-really-deeply-believe-in-the-primacy-of-character-i-believe-that-my/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“I go above deck to watch the sky darken into twilight. It helps me remember that this strange place is still the earth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/i-go-above-deck-to-watch-the-sky-darken-into-twilight-it-helps-me/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Bell had been disdainful of them; she’d thought them small and ordinary. She’d taken such pleasure in saying no to their proposals and breaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/bell-had-been-disdainful-of-them-she-d-thought-them-small-and/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [“Hattie clambered from the train, her skirt still hemmed with Georgia mud, the dream of Philadelphia round as a marble in her mouth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/hattie-clambered-from-the-train-her-skirt-still-hemmed-with-georgia/)

[Ayana Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayana-mathis/)

> [Even if you don't feel like sitting down to write or working on that big proposal, or whatever it is, just show up anyhow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayana-mathis/even-if-you-don-t-feel-like-sitting-down-to-write-or-working-on-that/)

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