Ghost Summer Quotes

“She had learned long ago that the truth made people angry, and to speak of it was considered evil.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“Danielle wasn’t sure if she was patient and wise, or if she was a tragedy unfolding slowly, one hot summer day at a time.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“In a cold place, there's no such thing as today, just tomorrow. Will it snow tomorrow? Will it be sunny tomorrow?”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“...you know everybody has a turn, and you just try to find something interesting every day to make you glad it hasn't happened yet.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“All liberation is loneliness.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“Letitia knew words were only part of who people were, and usually the least important part.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“Sean was a nice enough guy, but I had known their marriage was based more on practical considerations than commitment. They both wanted a family. They both had pieces missing and were tired of failing. Neither of them had learned, after two divorces, that people can't be applied to wounds like gauze.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“Grandmother had passed three summers ago after a stroke in her garden, and now that she was gone, Danielle had a thousand and one questions for her. The lost questions hurt the most.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“Bernadette never said these things aloud like an evil stepmother in a fairy-tale, but she didn’t have to. Letitia knew words were only part of who people were, and usually the least important part.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“ad-ver-si-ty”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer