

“This is how moths speak to each other. They tell their love across the fields by scent. There is no mouth, the wrong words are impossible, either a mate is there or he is not, and if so the pair will find each other in the dark.”
― Prodigal Summer
― Prodigal Summer

“I encouraged her to find a good man and clip his wings now that Frost wouldn’t be around to drive all her suitors away.”
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

“The summer sun bowing out threw slashes of colour between the buildings. London looked big, empty, and lonely. She stood in the doorway, like a cat trying to make up its mind.”
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
― Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
― A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
― A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

“Ain't nothing wrong with Shug Avery. She just sick. Sicker than anybody I ever seen. She sicker than my mama was when she die. But she more evil than my mama and that keep her alive.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
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