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The Soldier's Lady Quotes
The Soldier's Lady
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Michael R. Phillips768 ratings, 4.33 average rating, 35 reviews
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“Do you know those kinds of looks white people give you?' ... 'What do you do?' 'Ignore them...'
'But how can you - it makes you feel so worthless...'
'You have to ignore it and just be who you are.'
'But how can you feel good about yourself when your skin is brown, when the whole world is looking at you...'
'The whole world isn't looking at you that way.' said Micah, 'only ignorant, foolish people. What should you care what they think?'
'But it still sometimes hurts to be black.'
'Yeah, maybe,' Micah nodded. 'I know the feeling, but a long time ago I had to decide what it meant to be me, not white, black, not what anyone else says or thinks I should be ... but just me. Who I thought I was, who I really was, who God wanted me to be -- that was all that mattered. Once I came to terms and made my peace with that, then I was able to live with my self no matter what anyone thought."
'But doing that's not so easy.'
'No, not easy at all,' nodded Micah. 'But if you're black, or brown like you say, or different in any way, you've got no choice. You've got to ignore the looks and just be who you are. Otherwise you'll get angry and bitter yourself and then you're no better than they are. An angry black person is just as bad as an arrogant white person. I wouldn't want to be either.”
― The Soldier's Lady
'But how can you - it makes you feel so worthless...'
'You have to ignore it and just be who you are.'
'But how can you feel good about yourself when your skin is brown, when the whole world is looking at you...'
'The whole world isn't looking at you that way.' said Micah, 'only ignorant, foolish people. What should you care what they think?'
'But it still sometimes hurts to be black.'
'Yeah, maybe,' Micah nodded. 'I know the feeling, but a long time ago I had to decide what it meant to be me, not white, black, not what anyone else says or thinks I should be ... but just me. Who I thought I was, who I really was, who God wanted me to be -- that was all that mattered. Once I came to terms and made my peace with that, then I was able to live with my self no matter what anyone thought."
'But doing that's not so easy.'
'No, not easy at all,' nodded Micah. 'But if you're black, or brown like you say, or different in any way, you've got no choice. You've got to ignore the looks and just be who you are. Otherwise you'll get angry and bitter yourself and then you're no better than they are. An angry black person is just as bad as an arrogant white person. I wouldn't want to be either.”
― The Soldier's Lady
“The human creature is a social animal and will derive companionship of soul from the unlikeliest sources. It will be fed by even the hint of a smile or twinkle of the eye from a passerby where no more vital companionship food is to be had.”
― The Soldier's Lady
― The Soldier's Lady
“It won’t do you any good to be baptized just because you are afraid of hell. Baptism won’t save you from hell, Emma.” “What will, den?” “Recognizing that God loves you, that you are His precious child, and then living as His child just as Jesus did. That’s why Jesus is called our Savior, because He saves us and shows us how to live as God’s children, and then helps us.”
― The Soldier's Lady
― The Soldier's Lady
