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title: "1 Slit World Quotes By Jonathan Odell"
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> [“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 ain't for the white man to rule. Ain't for any man to rule.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/that-place-i-m-talking-about-ain-t-nothing-but-a-bloody-slit-in-this/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

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## More by Jonathan Odell

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/you-re-soul-sick-is-what-you-are-polly-said-and-you-can-stomp-your/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“When God wants to punish us, he gives us just ourselves to care for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/when-god-wants-to-punish-us-he-gives-us-just-ourselves-to-care-for/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/it-shames-me-to-admit-that-in-the-white-defined-society-in-which-i/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“Calming ain’t curing, is it, girl?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/calming-ain-t-curing-is-it-girl/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/that-place-i-m-talking-about-ain-t-nothing-but-a-bloody-slit-in-this/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“When I look up, there are women as far as I can see, standing in the river one behind the other, generations going back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/when-i-look-up-there-are-women-as-far-as-i-can-see-standing-in-the/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“Sometimes, when you look at a person, all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/sometimes-when-you-look-at-a-person-all-you-see-is-the-tangle-and-you/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“When you quilting up a life, you sometimes got to start with any piece you can get your hands on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/when-you-quilting-up-a-life-you-sometimes-got-to-start-with-any-piece/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom."~Polly Shine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/a-flapping-tongue-puts-out-the-light-of-wisdom-polly-shine/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“Granada had never been on the water before and she marveled at how the creek was a living thing with a will of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/granada-had-never-been-on-the-water-before-and-she-marveled-at-how/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“Just remember this, girl, the water you hate is the water that’s going to drown you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/just-remember-this-girl-the-water-you-hate-is-the-water-that-s-going/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/look-up-granada-look-to-your-people-we-as-beautiful-and-as-plentiful/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“Sometiimes when you look at a person all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/sometiimes-when-you-look-at-a-person-all-you-see-is-the-tangle-and/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/calming-ain-t-curing-is-it-girl-the-woman-asked-aloud-keeping-you/)

[Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/)

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