She Knew Now That Marriage Did Not

Learning Without Wisdom Is A Load Of Books On A Donkey's Back.

That Is The Way With People ... If They Do You Wrong, They Invent A Bad Name For You, A Good Name For Their Acts And Then Destroy You In The Name Of Virtue.

It Is A Curious Thing To Be A Woman In The Caribbean After You Have Been A Woman In These United States.

Want Won't Kill You Half As Quick As Worry Will.

She's Got Those Big Black Eyes With Plenty Shiny White In Them That Makes Them Shine Like Brand New Money And She Knows What God Gave Women Eyelashes For, Too. Her Hair Is Not What You Might Call Straight. It's Negro Hair, But It's Got A Kind Of White Flavor. Like The Piece Of String Out Of A Ham. It's Not Ham At All, But It's Been Around Ham And Got The Flavor.