Ayana Mathis

Quotes

• “There is a particular kind of afternoon sun that exists only in autumn. A golden light drapes itself over the world of t...”
• “Down the hall the children slept three to a bedroom; Hattie could almost hear them growing, their wrists lengthening and...”
• “Now, we struggle, brothers and sisters, and we strive. We have our trials and our tribulations but we are blessed. We go...”
• “Mother was a beautiful young woman; the house was too plain, too small to contain her. I watched her; for the first time...”
• “At home they thought of white people as a vague but powerful entity--like the forces that control the weather, that capa...”