“I know you've dated now and then. I know, because I considered having any man who went out with you shot. Thought about it quite seriously, in fact.- Corbett Lazlo”

“Could I be your girl, too?" I asked quickly.The large, broad-shouldered man looked away before he answered. "Well, now," he said, as though he had given it deep thought, "I sure do think I would like that.""But," I said, concerned that he hadn't noticed, "I don't look like your other girls.""You mean because you white?"I nodded. "Abinia," he said, pointing toward the chickens, "you look at those birds. Some of them be brown, some of them be white and black. Do you think when they little chicks, those mamas and papas care about that?”

“Please, God. I am a smart woman, I know words, I've read books; he's just a guy, he's just a person, I can speak to him. "Hmm," I say, and during the subsequent silence, I consider ways to kill myself.”

“I took a step. And then another. And so it went as we followed Father, who had come to take us forever away from Salem. And with every step I thought of my mother's courage as she faced her judges. With every step I thought of her cleaving to the truth even as she fell the short distance of the rope. With every step I thought of her pride, her strength, her love.And with every step I thought, I am my mother's daughter, I am my mother's daughter...”

“Become what you desire! Before you say "I want"...say - "I am"...There is a great difference between "I want love" and "I am love"...”

“We are finite creatures...and because of this everything that is us and surrounds us is beautiful - for we do not know when our end will come - it is the majesty of our existence that rings true and echoes in eternity.”

“With that, I lost a job I was desperate to quit.”