“Cuz I can count on one hand the men who’ve loved me, not in the Biblical sense—I don’t have enough digits for… — Shannon Celebi Biblical Copy Share Image
“You’re saying, “What the hell am I gonna do with her?” You’re saying, “Shit, did she take her pills?” You’re saying, “Once… — Shannon Celebi Anxiety Copy Share Image
“She didn't tell him white folks couldn't love the same as coloreds. She couldn't love the same neither though, cuz more than… — Shannon Celebi Abolition Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill.” — Shannon Celebi Blank page Copy Share Image
“She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman… — Shannon Celebi Heart Copy Share Image
“Once upon a long ago time I was a girl with hopeful halos in my eyes—not unlike you—not a typical beauty but… — Shannon Celebi Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two.” — Shannon Celebi Books Copy Share Image
“Just five minutes, God, I chant like some hostage negotiator on the brink of a resolution. Five minutes alone. Please, please. Please.” — Shannon Celebi Alone Copy Share Image
“Mama wasn't dead...exactly. They all said she was, but when Elma was small, she seen Mama creep into her room at night,… — Shannon Celebi Dead Copy Share Image
“She fantasized sometimes too about killing him a little: a little poison in his pudding, a little flick-flick-flick with a fillet knife… — Shannon Celebi Fantasies Copy Share Image
“We didn’t want to admit it then, but we were friends. Best friends.” — Shannon Celebi Best friend Copy Share Image
“I hung a picture of him above my bed and learned by hand the internal workings of the female combustion engine.” — Shannon Celebi Crush Copy Share Image
“Instead, I opened my eyes to find the thing in front of my face, wafting dead horse breath across my chin and… — Shannon Celebi Apparition Copy Share Image
“Because the South can be a dangerous place, especially for those who don’t understand it.” — Shannon Celebi South Copy Share Image
“When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.” — Shannon Celebi Coming of age Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Porter was from Virginia and had a smooth-as-cat-fur way of speaking. She taught me how to say, “Fiddle-Dee-Dee,” just like Scarlett… — Shannon Celebi Bacon Copy Share Image
“A woman brings so much more to the world than birth, for she can birth discovery, intelligence, invention, art, just as well… — Shannon Celebi Art Copy Share Image
“Using one’s beauty was the only way a smart girl could get by, at least that’s how it was back then, though… — Shannon Celebi Beauty Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t as if she’d thought it through or anything, how what a person wanted wasn’t always what they needed, and what… — Shannon Celebi Neediness Copy Share Image
“Then the weeks rolled by in a sinister psych ward haze filled with white-coated orderlies and rocking whack-job patients torn straight from… — Shannon Celebi Jack nicholson Copy Share Image
“Through career fumbles and life changes, she supported me. Through shattered dreams and hopes almost-realized, she supported me too.” — Shannon Celebi Career Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, I feel my breath coming in shorter, quicker, spastic bursts, feel my heart threaten to thunder through my ribs, feel sweat… — Shannon Celebi Afraid Copy Share Image
“You’re worried about what-ifs. Well, what if you stopped worrying?” — Shannon Celebi What if Copy Share Image
