Quote by Bernice L. McFadden Download Open image ““she swung like a pendulum, ticking away the seconds until she would be dead.”” — Bernice L. McFadden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“She'd observed this before: how -- ironically -- it took death to make one feel momentarily alive, truly present, minute to minute.” — Brad Kessler Copy Share Image
“It was only after her death that I realized who she was: the apparently magical force at the center of our family who'd kept… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“It was Time, whirling her along, spinning, spinning, until it finally stopped, and she looked around, blinking, and she was thirty-two.” — Hala Alyan Copy Share Image
“If time were truly linear, she thought, it might have carried her away, leaving the pain behind.” — Elizabeth Marek Copy Share Image
“At last, the world stops spinning. The ground is solid beneath her feet once more.” — Wendy Corsi Staub Copy Share Image
“At what whirling moment had she halted and turned, unbeknownst to herself, the other way?” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“When the leaves stop falling wasn't her time to die, it was your time to live.” — Kelly Moran Copy Share Image
“I was acutely aware of her dying, so much so that it seemed to me the air itself was dangerous to breathe, for each… — Random House Canada Copy Share Image
“Blood drummed in her ears and adrenaline coursed through her veins, driving her to move. To act. Her hands trembled against his chest. Time… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She… — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
“she'd seen people stand on the shoulders of hate and pluck money and power from the very top shelves of the universe.” — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
“Over time her inhibitions took shelter in the corner of the room and Easter allowed the music to swallow her,” — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
“she would watch with glee as Rain was relegated to standing in her shoes; Easter hoped to God they pinched.” — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page. — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
Listen, if you choose to believe nothing else that transpires here, believe this: your body does not have a soul; your soul has a… — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
“That’s who we were, wartorn meadows on the verge of new growth.” — Bernice L. McFadden Copy Share Image
