“MEN, Charlene said.Leave that to you! Willa quipped.”

“Willa?" "Yes" "It's morning and I still love you.”

“Aurora is right,” Willa said, sounding sad to be agreeing with her.”

“Don't be scared," Willa Mae said.I looked at her. "Aren't you scared?"Willa Mae looked at me and said, "Shoot. Only thing I'm afraid of is that I'm going to do something I'll regret.""Being scared is just one more thing to turn into what you want it to be," Willa Mae said. "The thing with fear is, it's like anger. You've got to change it into something else. Make it your weapon. Some can just turn it into smarts. The best of 'em can turn fear and anger into love." She looked out toward our neighborhood. "I'm not there yet.”

“Love is blind,” Harriet quipped.“But not illiterate,” Elizabeth retorted.”

“Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.”