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“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.”
“he didnt needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear.”
“Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose.”
“Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More complicated, more serious than tears.”
“I dont want to be a free nigger; I want to be a free man.Dont we all. Look. Be what you want--- white or black. Choose. But if you choose black, you got to act black, meaning draw your manhood upqu...”
“Not like the me was some tough somebody, or somebody she had put together for show. But like, like somebody she favored and could count on. A secret somebody you didn't have to feel sorry for or ha...”
“I laughed but before I could agree with the hairdressers that she was crazy, she said, 'What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?'" 'The way I want it?'" 'Yeah. The way you ...”
“We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Dont just say Im grown and ought to know. I dont. Im fifty and I dont know nothing. What about it? Do I stay with him? I want to, I think. I want well,...”
“They laughed too, even Rose Dear shook her head and smiled, and suddenly the world was right side up. Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More co...”
“And when spring comes to the City people notice one another in the road; notice the strangers with whom they share aisles and tables and the space where intimate garments are laundered. going in an...”
