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“It was stuck. Face up and drowning in its mother's blood. Amy stopped begging Jesus and began to curse His daddy.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“More than the rest, they killed the flirt whom folks called Life for leading them on. Making them think the next sunrise would be worth it; that another stroke of time would do it last.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Desperately thirsty for black blood, without which it could not live, the dragon swam the Ohio at will.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“Risky, thought Paul D, very risky. For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children she had settled on to love. The best thing, he knew, was to love just a little bit; everything, just a little bit, so when they broke its back, or shoved it in a croaker sack, well, maybe you'd have a little love left over for the next one.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“[...] she was frightened by the thought of having a baby once more. Needing to be good enough, alert enough, strong enough, that caring—again. Having to stay alive just that much longer.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
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