#wardquotes

[elephantsay]

'You better take advantage.' She said them words as though decisions have no consequences, when, of course, it's been easier for her. Her freckles her thin pink lips, her blond hair, the stubborn milkiness of her skin; how easy had it been for her, her whole life, to make the world a friend to her?

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward