"I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!"

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Source : Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.11, Kodansha America

Annie Elizabeth Delany

#Years Quotes #Age Quotes #Honey Quotes

“In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.”
“Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.”
“Writers will happen in the best of families.”
“Nobody here's for open borders. When undocumented people are apprehended, they should be sent back to wherever they came from.”
“I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands.”

Source : Judith Jamison (1993). “Dancing Spirit: An Autobiography”, Doubleday Books
“These flowers will be rotten in a couple hours. Birds will crap on them. The smoke here will make them stink, and tomorrow a bulldozer will probably run over them, but for right now they are so beautiful.”
“[On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.”
“In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.”

Source : Margaret Laurence (2014). “A Bird in the House: Stories”, p.90, University of Chicago Press

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