“God
knows what would become of us if we lived north”
“They
would say: keeping them decently clean was hard. It looks like our luck won’t never
let up on us”
“No,
not if it comes to it that we have to live in a wagon and pick cotton around
the country. Nobody ‘s going to get a chance to look down on us”
“You
know yourself it’s more natural for a mother to be that way. People don’t
expect so much of father, some way.”
“I wouldn't have anything happen to Him for all the world, but it just looks like
I can’t keep Him out of mischief. He’s so strong and active, he’s always into
everything; he was like that since he could walk.”
“I’ll remember
it to my dying day. The innocent walk with God-that’s why He don’t get hurt.”
“Repeated
these words, she always felt a warm pool spread in her breast, and the tears
would fill her eyes”
“Don’t never
let anybody hear you say such things. They’d think you favored the other
children over Him.”
"He’s my
child, and I’m not going to have people say anything. I get sick of people
coming around saying things all the time.”
“My
Lord, look at you now after all my trying!”
“Lord,
don’t let anything happen to Him. Lord, you know people will say we oughtn't to
have sent Him. You know they’ll say we didn't take care of him"
"We’re losing
our hold”
“Why can’t
we do like other people and watch for our best chances? They’ll be calling us
poor white trash next.”
“Then
doctor has told you and told you time and again He can’t ever get better, and
you might as well stop talking.”
“Doctors
don’t know everything.”
“Oh, honey,
you don’t feel so bad, do you? You don’t feel so bad, do you?”
“She
had loved hi, as much as she possibly could, there were Adna~ and Emly who had
to be thought of too, there was nothing she could do to make up to him for his
life. Oh, what a mortal pity He was ever born.”
“They
came in sight of the hospital, with neighbor driving very fast, not daring to
look behind him. “
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