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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.
“You eat from trees you did not plant and are obliged to plant trees you will not eat from.”
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.”
“This pain is the cost for real love . . . and it is well worth the price,” Momma said with certainty.

