“Lord child you ain't nothing but a doorway. How many haints you count at your heels?” — Cynthia Bond Children Copy Share Image
“If you brave enough to live it, the least I can do is listen.” — Cynthia Bond Communication Copy Share Image
“Those yellow eyes had seen the thing Ruby hid, even from herself. And when two people see a thing, for better or… — Cynthia Bond Reality Copy Share Image
“Your daddy and me named you Otha. It means 'wealth'. You were your daddy's treasure from the time you were born until… — Cynthia Bond Motherly-advice Copy Share Image
“Hope was a dangerous thing, something best squashed before it became contagious.” — Cynthia bond Dangerous Copy Share Image
“from across the room, she caught a supportive, conspiratorial wink from James Baldwin and felt, for a moment, seen and known by… — Cynthia Bond Copy Share Image
“It was the burden God had decided to fit upon their shoulders. That and their mother having a new home from that… — Cynthia Bond Copy Share Image
“I T WAS the wrong Liberty. One hundred and four miles south- west from its Colored namesake, Liberty Township.” — Cynthia Bond Copy Share Image
“Ruby would never have discovered Page Three and Abby, had it not been for the ease of older women.” — Cynthia Bond Older women Copy Share Image
