Some things I just got to keep for myself.

“Everyone knows how we white people feel, the glorified Mammy figure who dedicat…”

“I have decided not to die.”

“Got to be the worst place in the world, inside a oven. You in here, you either …”

“Minny,” I say last Sunday, “why Bertrina ask me to pray for her?”Minny say, “Ru…”