--- title: "1 Say Trees Quotes By Edward P. Jones" description: "1 Say Trees quotes by Edward P. Jones. Plus more from Edward P. Jones and more Say Trees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/edward-p-jones-13439_every-night_she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time_104359.jpg" --- > [“She went through her memory for the time, for the day, she and and her husband told him all about what he should and should not do. No goin out into them woods without Papa or me knowin about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time-for-the-day-she-and-and-her/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/edward-p-jones-13439_every-night_she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time_104359.jpg) ## More by Edward P. Jones > [My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/my-mother-worked-in-the-white-world-but-i-lived-almost-exclusively-in/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/those-of-us-with-this-ancient-compulsion-to-tell-stories-sometimes/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and her kids. They passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/in-the-summer-of-1964-my-sister-and-i-went-to-south-ballston-virginia/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“You too heavy a man for me to carry...I done carried heavy men and I know how they can break your back. I ain’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/you-too-heavy-a-man-for-me-to-carry-i-done-carried-heavy-men-and-i/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“Without all that young stuff, Stamford, you will die a slave. And it will not be a pretty die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/without-all-that-young-stuff-stamford-you-will-die-a-slave-and-it/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [We are all worthy of one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/we-are-all-worthy-of-one-another/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“She went through her memory for the time, for the day, she and and her husband told him all about what he should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/she-went-through-her-memory-for-the-time-for-the-day-she-and-and-her/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“A man does not learn very well, Mr. Robbins. Women, yes, because they are used to bending with whatever wind comes along. A woman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/a-man-does-not-learn-very-well-mr-robbins-women-yes-because-they-are/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/from-my-apartment-in-arlington-i-could-see-washington-it-was-always/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Until I can read a story physically, with the eyes, it doesn't seem to exist for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/until-i-can-read-a-story-physically-with-the-eyes-it-doesn-t-seem-to/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“God is in his heaven and he don't care most of the time. The trick of life is to know when God does care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/god-is-in-his-heaven-and-he-don-t-care-most-of-the-time-the-trick-of/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [I'm fascinated by the awful, awful things that human beings do to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/i-m-fascinated-by-the-awful-awful-things-that-human-beings-do-to-each/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [Something happened during the 1980s - perhaps the political climate of that time - that caused me to ask how a people would become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/something-happened-during-the-1980s-perhaps-the-political-climate-of/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [“When Augustus Townsend died in Georgia near the Florida line, he rose up above the barn where he had died, up above the trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/when-augustus-townsend-died-in-georgia-near-the-florida-line-he-rose/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) > [I never like to put myself in the stories; in 'Lost in the City,' there are fourteen stories, and there's only one, 'The First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-p-jones/i-never-like-to-put-myself-in-the-stories-in-lost-in-the-city-there/) [Edward P. Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-p-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/say-trees/edward-p-jones/#itemlist", "name": "1 Say Trees Quotes By Edward P. 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