A flapping tongue puts out the light of wisdom."~Polly Shine
Jonathan OdellSometiimes when you look at a person all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave
Jonathan OdellWhen I look up, there are women as far as I can see, standing in the river one behind the other, generations going back to the beginning time, from the very womb of God.
Jonathan OdellJust remember this, girl, the water you hate is the water that's going to drown you.
Jonathan OdellGranada had never been on the water before and she marveled at how the creek was a living thing with a will of its own, like an untamed horse challenging her to ride upon its back.
Jonathan OdellIt shames me to admit that in the white-defined society in which I was raised, blacks were considered merely background. This was worse than physical segregation. This was psychological segregation. It wasn't that we were taught not to associate with blacks: close association was unavoidable. Instead, we were taught to see half the population not as individuals but as functionaries - maids, yardmen, etc.
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Calming ain't curing, is it, girl?" the woman asked aloud. "Keeping you hushed might keep me out of jail, but sure as the world, calming ain't curing.
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