The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy Quotes

“the eyes of my generation, the only people who still wore suits on the weekend were ministers and undertakers. And let’s face it—when people equate going to church with going to a funeral, there’s a problem. Definitely not a good way to reach the young. But that’s a battle for another day.”
― McMillian Moody, The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy

“The chaperones were instructed to make sure the kids didn’t do anything stupid. They might as well have asked us to solve world hunger.”
― McMillian Moody, The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy

“Dad always said, “Never embarrass the man who signs your paycheck.”
― McMillian Moody, The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy

“One of the other chaperones organized a game of dodge ball and the evening took a sudden turn for the better. I mean, where else can a young adult man throw a rubber ball as hard as he can against the stomach of a bratty thirteen-year-old middle school boy and get cheered for doing it?”
― McMillian Moody, The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy

“Fascinated, the kids watched from the bus as their two leaders engaged in a sanctified fist fight.”
― McMillian Moody, The Elmo Jenkins Trilogy