This Bitter Earth Quotes

“No one person should be forced to keep everything to themselves. Not everything. The mind is small, the heart, weak.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, This Bitter Earth

“When I say.” “When you say?” Gloria sat straight up in the bed, folded her arms across her breasts and smirked. “When you say?” Silence. “Seth Taylor, our baby can’t be down here in this heat and dust and for goodness’ sake that girl Mercy look like she got something that’s catching. Ain’t you worried about the baby... me?” “I’m tired, Gloria.” “Why you wanna stay around here, Seth? It’s something to do with that woman, right? She’s your sister, dammit! Your own mother and father done told you so!” That was the last straw for Seth. “Shut the hell up and turn off the goddamn light, Gloria!” Seth had never raised his voice to Gloria, not once in all of the years they’d been married. Gloria huffed one last time before turning off the light. She stood for a long time with her arms folded across her heaving chest. At that moment she hated Seth Taylor. She didn’t deserve this. She would show him. She would take the baby, take the car and leave her husband in his beloved Bigelow with his two-timing daddy, crazy mama, lunatic brother and so-called half-sister. As far as she was concerned they all belonged together.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, This Bitter Earth