---
title: "3 Bernice McFadden Quotes - Famous Novelist"
description: "American novelist... | Bernice L. McFadden is an American novelist. She has also written humorous erotica under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday. Author of..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg"
---

# Bernice McFadden

(1965)   Novelist

 **3** quotes in **13** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Bernice McFadden is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Bernice McFadden

Born September 25, 1965

Profession Novelist

## About Bernice McFadden

American novelist... \| Bernice L. McFadden is an American novelist. She has also written humorous erotica under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday. Author of fifteen novels, she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Tulane University in New Orleans.

##  Quotes by Bernice McFadden

> [“ 'Sugar, aint you ever had no good time?' she said with a bit of sadness in her voice. 'What you mean?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she-said-with-a-bit-of-sadness/)

Bernice McFadden

[Good times](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-times/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg)

> [“J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-childhood-away-from-emmett-they/)

Bernice McFadden

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/bernice-mcfadden-84660_children_j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-child_1592634.jpg)

> [“But grief let loose from a woman who lost a child—that was the worst type of grief of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-lost-a-child-that-was-the-worst/)

Bernice McFadden

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/bernice-mcfadden-84660_death_but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-los_2740688.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#itemlist",
            "name": "Bernice McFadden Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“ 'Sugar, aint you ever had no good time?' she said with a bit of sadness in her voice. 'What you mean?' Sugar said,... 'Seems to me that I ain't never see you look up from whatever you were doing and just smile.' 'Just smile? Smile at what? At who?' 'Smile into the air, girl!' she said and waved her arm through the air…you better start, 'cause time is running and a life without good times ain't a life worth having.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Bernice McFadden"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she-said-with-a-bit-of-sadness/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“'Sugar, aint you ever had no good time?' she said with a bit of sadness in her voice. 'What you mean?' Sugar…” — Bernice McFadden",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Bernice McFadden"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-childhood-away-from-emmett-they/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/bernice-mcfadden-84660_children_j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-child_1592634.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/bernice-mcfadden-84660_children_j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-child_1592634.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/bernice-mcfadden-84660_children_j-w-and-roy-didn-t-just-snatch-the-child_1592634.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child…” — Bernice McFadden",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“But grief let loose from a woman who lost a child—that was the worst type of grief of all.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Bernice McFadden"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernice-mcfadden/but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-lost-a-child-that-was-the-worst/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/bernice-mcfadden-84660_death_but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-los_2740688.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/bernice-mcfadden-84660_death_but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-los_2740688.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/bernice-mcfadden-84660_death_but-grief-let-loose-from-a-woman-who-los_2740688.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“But grief let loose from a woman who lost a child—that was the worst type of grief of all.” — Bernice McFadden",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#person",
            "name": "Bernice McFadden",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/",
            "description": "American novelist... | Bernice L. McFadden is an American novelist. She has also written humorous erotica under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday. Author of fifteen novels, she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Tulane University in New Orleans."
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/",
            "name": "Bernice McFadden",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/bernice-mcfadden-84660_happy_sugar-aint-you-ever-had-no-good-time-she_629927.jpg"
            },
            "description": "American novelist... | Bernice L. McFadden is an American novelist. She has also written humorous erotica under the pseudonym Geneva Holliday. Author of...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Bernice McFadden",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernice-mcfadden/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```