“For the first time in his life, the very first time in his life, he hated her. Or he tried to, at least. Tried mightily. But it is a hell of a thing to hate your own mother, to hate… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“You could never tell if he was with you or not, so Cooley liked to talk to him just in case. Just to remind… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you simply must follow your heart," she said. "No reasonable man can blame you for that." A smile. "No reasonable woman can, either.” — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“There were few things more paralyzing than fear and worry, and she could not understand why other people—even Bonnie—withstood them so readily. The world… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“It was skin, she decided. Only skin. And it had no power to add or subtract or otherwise alter her fundamental understanding of her… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“It occurred to Mo that he didn't have any pictures of himself as a boy. Every photo he owned, every memento of his life,… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“Sorrow makes us all children again.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson said that.” — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, the very first time in his life, he hated her. Or he tried to, at least. Tried… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“He had not known until that moment that your heart can break with love, that it can fill with such inexpressible tenderness till you… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
“They drove through the intersection and turned left on a street Mo had once known like his favorite song. It was strange to him… — Leonard Pitts Jr Copy Share Image
