I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died Quotes

“People always kill what they do not understand. It makes them feel powerful.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“Aren't we all descendants of foreigners at this table? Emily asked. Not a single one of us is an Indian, correct?”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“Because we must see beauty in the darkness to make our way through. The good Lord gave us this beauty to sustain us, without it we have nothing... We grow accustomed to the Dark, Emily whispered, "when Light is put away.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“It is all right to mourn something that is not to be”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“Protecting the children from the truth doesn’t help. Showing what the world is really like is the only way to truly encourage them to change it.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“A poem will have a hundred meanings. A story has just one.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“if no one reads your contribution to the world, is it truly a contribution, or self-indulgence? In my mind, one must be practical about these things. Writing is a business, and a successful business makes money. Unsuccessful businesses shutter their doors after a year or two.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

“we must see beauty in the darkness to make our way through. The good Lord gave us this beauty to sustain us, without it we have nothing.”
― Amanda Flower, I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died