--- title: "4 Sarah E Wright Quotes" description: "Sarah Elizabeth Wright was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and \"w..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-sarah-e-wright-72721.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Sarah E Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-sarah-e-wright-72721.jpg) # Sarah E Wright **4** quotes in **3** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sarah Elizabeth Wright was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and "was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class and sex". The New York Times named it "outstanding book of 1969" and it was called a "s ## Quotes by Sarah E Wright > [“Well, they took the neck bones down from the Royal Oaks tree. Rest of the bones they separated from the chains on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from-the-royal-oaks-tree-rest-of/) [Sarah E Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/) [Funeral](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funeral/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/sarah-e-wright-72721_funeral_well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from_2453.jpg) > [“All of sudden it hit Mariah like a bolt of thunder that it was Bannie's death why they got beat. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt-of-thunder-that-it-was-bannie/) [Sarah E Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/) [Like Lightning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-lightning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/sarah-e-wright-72721_like-lightning_all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt_370446.jpg) > [“Houses had the meanest set of white people in them. Pretty in their living but nasty in their ways.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-people-in-them-pretty-in-their/) [Sarah E Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/sarah-e-wright-72721_life_houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-peop_944538.jpg) > [“And the air was rent with cries of the living glaring at the rotted bones and rags of their kin and friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-living-glaring-at-the-rotted/) [Sarah E Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/) [Friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendship/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/sarah-e-wright-72721_friendship_and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-l_1756440.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#itemlist", "name": "Sarah E Wright Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well, they took the neck bones down from the Royal Oaks tree. Rest of the bones they separated from the chains on the ground. And they carried them back to Tangierneck for a decent funeral. Then laid them to rest in Cleveland's Field. All Ol Jefferson could say was, \"Did him the same way they did Bard Tom. Same way they did his father.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah E Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from-the-royal-oaks-tree-rest-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/sarah-e-wright-72721_funeral_well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from_2453.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/sarah-e-wright-72721_funeral_well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from_2453.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/sarah-e-wright-72721_funeral_well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from_2453.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, they took the neck bones down from the Royal Oaks tree. Rest of the bones they separated from the…” — Sarah E Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All of sudden it hit Mariah like a bolt of thunder that it was Bannie's death why they got beat. It was the land...the land! She looked to Jacob - to his papa. Both of them looking like lightning just struck.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah E Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt-of-thunder-that-it-was-bannie/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/sarah-e-wright-72721_like-lightning_all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt_370446.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/sarah-e-wright-72721_like-lightning_all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt_370446.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/sarah-e-wright-72721_like-lightning_all-of-sudden-it-hit-mariah-like-a-bolt_370446.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All of sudden it hit Mariah like a bolt of thunder that it was Bannie's death why they got beat. It was the…” — Sarah E Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Houses had the meanest set of white people in them. Pretty in their living but nasty in their ways.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah E Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-people-in-them-pretty-in-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/sarah-e-wright-72721_life_houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-peop_944538.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/sarah-e-wright-72721_life_houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-peop_944538.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/sarah-e-wright-72721_life_houses-had-the-meanest-set-of-white-peop_944538.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Houses had the meanest set of white people in them. Pretty in their living but nasty in their ways.” — Sarah E Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And the air was rent with cries of the living glaring at the rotted bones and rags of their kin and friends just a-swingin in the winds circling about the land, and pulling the bones and rags--some crumbling and dry, some still squirming with the worms eating away at them--from those once mighty roots, and putting them back in the gaping holes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah E Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-e-wright/and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-living-glaring-at-the-rotted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/sarah-e-wright-72721_friendship_and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-l_1756440.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/sarah-e-wright-72721_friendship_and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-l_1756440.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/sarah-e-wright-72721_friendship_and-the-air-was-rent-with-cries-of-the-l_1756440.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And the air was rent with cries of the living glaring at the rotted bones and rags of their kin and friends…” — Sarah E Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#person", "name": "Sarah E Wright", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-sarah-e-wright-72721.jpg", "description": "Sarah Elizabeth Wright was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and \"was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class and sex\". The New York Times named it \"outstanding book of 1969\" and it was called a \"s" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/", "name": "Sarah E Wright", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/sarah-e-wright-72721_funeral_well-they-took-the-neck-bones-down-from_2453.jpg" }, "description": "Sarah Elizabeth Wright was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and \"w...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/#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": "Sarah E Wright", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-e-wright/" } ] }, { "@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 } } ] } ```