When Death Comes Stealing Quotes

“I need to talk to you, Tamara. It can’t wait. I’m in a phone booth down the Parkway.” “What?!” I screamed into the phone in disgust and propped myself up on my pillow. DeWayne Curtis’s continuing assumption that I should arrange my life to suit his needs continued to enrage me. Fifteen years ago when I’d met and married him, I’d been young and foolish enough to think that his arrogant selfishness was strength. I knew better now. “What do you want?”
― Valerie Wilson Wesley, When Death Comes Stealing

“Ain't nobody asked you to tell the truth, go on and lie like everybody else!" she said with a twinkle in her eye as she carefully combed a white foaming substance through a dubious customer's hair. "What you doing coming in here so late? You're lucky you don't have to work like everybody else. Some heifers have all the luck! This lady is a detective. A bona-fide private eye," she added, waving her comb in my direction to her customer held captive. "If somebody owes you money or hats with your last half-dollar, this here's the sister to track them down."

I acknowledged her compliment with a nod, and the customer looked me over with renewed respect.”
― Valerie Wilson Wesley, When Death Comes Stealing