“You’re soul sick is what you are,” Polly said. “And you can stomp your little footsie all you want to, but you ain’t going to get well until you remember. And you can’t remember until you learn to see.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Look up, Granada. Look to your people. We as beautiful and as plentiful as them stars knitted together in heaven. We just forgot. Somebody’s got to remember for us all.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“You’re soul sick is what you are,” Polly said. “And you can stomp your little footsie all you want to, but you ain’t going… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“When God wants to punish us, he gives us just ourselves to care for.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“It shames me to admit that in the white-defined society in which I was raised, blacks were considered merely background. This was worse than… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“That place I'm talking about ain't nothing but a bloody slit in this world of His. But everybody wants to rule over it. It… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“When I look up, there are women as far as I can see, standing in the river one behind the other, generations going back… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you look at a person, all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“When you quilting up a life, you sometimes got to start with any piece you can get your hands on.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Granada had never been on the water before and she marveled at how the creek was a living thing with a will of its… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Just remember this, girl, the water you hate is the water that’s going to drown you.” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Look up, Granada. Look to your people. We as beautiful and as plentiful as them stars knitted together in heaven. We just forgot. Somebody’s… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Sometiimes when you look at a person all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave” — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
“Calming ain't curing, is it, girl?" the woman asked aloud. "Keeping you hushed might keep me out of jail, but sure as the world,… — Jonathan Odell Copy Share Image
