Chicken Boy Quotes

“Tobin, my man, you are going to learn about chickens. And when you to learn about chickens, you will learn about life.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“You can't expect a person to love an animal they might see decapitated at any minute. It ain't realistic," I told Miss Blue, who was gulping down her worm. She looked up at me like it shocked her to learn that some chickens got treated that way.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“Granny sat down on the step and stared off into the trees. "That girl right there, she was my only child. I have lost two husbands, one by death, the other by divorce, and I have lost my parents and my brothers and sisters. But nothing ever pierced me to the core like that little girl's dying. I know it wasn't your daddy's fault. I know I messed up by filling a report to Social Services. Is that what you want to here? Is that what it takes for you not to be mad at me?”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“I have to say, it felt good to be wanted, son. Felt real good.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“I'm not done arguing with you, Mrs.Fletcher. I'm going to convince you yet." "Well I reckon I got ten or twenty more years in me before I pass on," Granny told him. "So feel free to take your time.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“Quit it already. I'm pretty enough as it is.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“4. If you do not give your chickens enough space, light, air, and walking-around room, they will eat one another.”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy

“You gonna stand in my backyard and ignore me to my face?”
― Frances O'Roark Dowell, Chicken Boy