“She said, "Daddy thinks that all the world's magic is almost evolved out." I thought of Roebuck Lake, its swamps and sloughs… — Lewis Nordan Childhood Copy Share Image
“Uncle said, "If love would save him, wouldn't no harm come to him.” — Lewis Nordan Despair Copy Share Image
“Roy Dale suspected that Mississippi was beautiful. He wasn't sure. He didn't have anything to compare it to. He hadn't even ever… — Lewis Nordan Home Copy Share Image
“Big G.B. said, "Your Daddy ain't magic." I said, "He ain't?" He said, "Naw, there ain't any magic." I said, "What about… — Lewis Nordan Blind man Copy Share Image
A thousand times, when the train slowed or stopped, I thought of jumping off. I wanted to die in a ditch. I… — Lewis Nordan Dies Copy Share Image
“When I was your age I knew how to listen to television and learn a few things.” — Lewis Nordan Copy Share Image
The Mississippi Delta is not always dark with rain. Some autumn mornings, the sun rises over Moon Lake, or Eagle, or Choctaw,… — Lewis Nordan Autumn Copy Share Image
“Self-blame is usually a way of avoiding something more hideous anyway, something you’re willing to be punished for but unwilling to change,… — Lewis Nordan Identity Copy Share Image
“There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.” — Lewis Nordan Happiness Copy Share Image
“Mr. Raney named the porpoises - Sister Woman, and Renford, and Lamar, and St. Elmo - and could recognize them, and call… — Lewis Nordan Mississippi Copy Share Image
There is great pain in all love, but we don't care, it's worth it. — Lewis Nordan Care Copy Share Image
Even Solon Gregg was finding it hard to speak to a woman who had just paid hard cash for tampons and on… — Lewis Nordan Cash Copy Share Image
“The day Glenn Gregg's daddy got back from New Orleans was the same day Lady Sally Anne Montberclair decided to park her… — Lewis Nordan Mississippi Copy Share Image
“Alice leaned first one way and then the other, down the line of children. She said, Is everybody understanding this?" One child… — Lewis Nordan Children Copy Share Image
In my mind, I gave the woman gifts. I gave her a candle stub. I gave her a box of wooden kitchen… — Lewis Nordan Baby Copy Share Image
“Harris loved to read and he shared everything he read. He read to whoever happened to be in the room from whatever… — Lewis Nordan Books Copy Share Image
“In a little while they were kissing. In a little while longer, they made their slow sweet love. The iron bed sounded… — Lewis Nordan Ice storm Copy Share Image
“For one second the woman and I seemed to become twins, or closer than twins, the same person together. Maybe we said… — Lewis Nordan Love Copy Share Image
“Louis said, "There ought to be a comic book about geeks." Dr. McNaughton said, "There are books about geeks." He said, "There… — Lewis Nordan Book Copy Share Image
