“mixing comes natural. i just ought to. not am i mixed to perfection, i have aptitude for art and colors.”

“I just took the box and nodded, because that's how you treat crazy people. You nod and count down twenty-seven days for crazy to come to an end.”

“If you knew what I knew, seen what I've seen, you wouldn't be so quick to pull the plow.”

“I had a lot of those memories clicking before me like projector slides in the dark. Lots of pictures, smells and sounds flashing in and out.”

“That was how I knew Sister Mukumbo was a real teacher, aside from her welcoming smile and her blackboard penmanship. She asked a teacher's type of question. The kind that says: Join in.”

“We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly.”

“Today we're going to be like the earth, spinning around and affecting many.”