The Wilderness Quotes

“Much too young to be left to figure things out for herself without a few good nudges. Why hadn’t they nudged?”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness

“My granddaughter here”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness

“Being estranged from someone you loved turned out to be a grief that came in waves. Loss was loss was loss.”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness

“The guilt of not showing up when I should have has led me to sense offense when none was intended, to assume resentment lingered in them the way shame did in me.”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness

“It was Conrad’s family history, yet Nakia’s mother Juanita, daughter of an electrician, took special pride in relaying it. Nakia, on the other hand, tended to tell only her closest friends that she came from free people. Not free from jump—who but a handful could claim that on this continent?—but free for a good, long while.”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness