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Maybe every generation needs to believe they will end the trampling, as if it had not been thought of before. Without that certain and foolish hope, I don’t believe we could go on.
“Start by counting your blessings, Jordan,” Mama whispered. “Never forget to count the treasures God gave you.”
“You eat from trees you did not plant and are obliged to plant trees you will not eat from.”
“God listening. He always listening. And He always loving. But He don’ always have the power to make our prayers come true. If He did, justice would be flowin’ like water. Our Lord is jus’ like a mama. He wanting what’s best for His children but not always able to make it so.”
“Jordan, when you first born, you cry and the folks around you have smiles on they faces. If you live you life right, when you die you have a smile on you face and the folks surroundin’ you have tears in they eyes.”
“You cannot change that man, but you can learn the truth about the world and decide what kind of person you want to be.”
“Time is an amazing magician, making life vanish all too quickly.”
“This pain is the cost for real love . . . and it is well worth the price,”
“Life goes on even after we are gone.”
“Life goes on even after we are gone.”
Offers of generosity were a comfort to those who did not have to follow through with any sacrifice.
“You set your fear right next to your hope until you know which one is the truth.”
