Meet Claudie Quotes

“She was good at this, too, she supposed--getting on her brother's nerves.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“Maybe anyone could be an artist, no matter what she did for a living, as long as she found a way to create beauty in her own life.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“Miss Zula smiled. 'I did not ask if you were good at it,' she said. 'I asked if you liked to dance.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“After all, before you could play a song, you had to learn each note of the scale. A newspaper article was made up of smaller words. Even baking a cake required smaller steps, like cracking eggs in a bowl or measuring out flour. Maybe Claudie had been going about this all wrong. Maybe if she focused on the smaller steps, she could work her way toward being good at something.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“About the only thing I understand is this here cornet. You move this finger and you get one note. That finger, and you get a different one. But people are a mystery.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie

“Claudie wrinkled her nose. 'I don't think anyone would buy a ticket to see me perform,' she said.
Selma laughed. 'What do you mean?' she asked. 'You have a lovely voice.'
'Not like yours,' Claudie said.
'It doesn't have to be like mine to be lovely,' Selma said. 'It's lovely because it's yours.”
― Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie