Here Comes the Sun Quotes

“Nobody love a black girl. Not even herself”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“...when she wakes up, there is silence, as though the day has held its breath.”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“It's a sketch of clouds moving across the sky at dusk in the form of a woman. The woman appears to be leaping or running as the sun sets in the background. Below is the sea that stirs with her movement; and the hills and mountains that fade behind her. Margot studies it, her face opening up all kinds of ways.”
― Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“She notices the shadows from the trees outside that dance in the breeze; they're faint like the dreaded dawning of intuition.”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun: A Novel

“How could she have gone from the most exhilarating thing that has ever happened in her life to a moment filled with pure humiliation? She tries to conjure up the light that skipped in her veins earlier when Charles held her. But it only fades in the familiar darkness.”
― Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“Thandi looks at the rag dolls and the coasters and key chains and handcrafted jewelry that Delores delicately places inside the basket. How would visitors know the real stories behind the faces of the wooden masks they'd buy to have on walls; the rag dolls they'd use to decorate unused furniture in their houses; the figurines they'd place on mantels that they can marvel at and then quickly forget?”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“The day Verdene left for England, a part of Margot left with her. Verdene has brought color back into her life. Before, everything was black-and-white: Make money or die trying. Feel pain or feel nothing at all.”
― Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

“Thandi and Margot sit near the open window, taking in the cool breeze and mosquitoes that land on their flesh. They take turns squashing the fattened insects on their arms and legs, wiping off bloodied palms with old newspaper or tissue.”
― Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun: 'Stuns at every turn' - Marlon James