New Worlds, Old Ways Quotes

“I was so proud of him at that moment, his cheeks glistening, his eyes reflecting the kind relief that only a cancer death can deliver.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“Ain’t nobody gon look for me, ain’t nobody in this world to miss me. It probably ain’t even had a body to find. Just one more woman fall off the Earth–dispensable flesh.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“This isn’t to help you, Bernard. This is for them to rid themselves of the guilt of their own behaviour.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“She thinks shouting at you is her reward for her thirty years of service.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“The heavy staccato tap of stilettos roughly stabbing the floor shook Bernard out of his calculated breathing.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“reviewing spreadsheets with hundreds of tiny petty numbers always adding up to the final significant number.”
― Karen Lord, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“Dead people will not rest unless they can tell one last story.”
― Tammi Browne-Bannister, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

“Dead people will not rest unless they can tell one last story—Once Upon a Blood Moon”
― Tammi Browne-Bannister, New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean