“At this point, none of us are sure why we fight. We’re sisters. We need no good reason to fight, even though we have plenty of them.” FightingRelationshipsFightSistersSisterSisterhood Book:Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears Source: Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears
“In Louisiana, one of the first stages of grief is eating your weight in Popeyes fried chicken. The second stage is doing the same with boudin. People have been known to swap the order. Or to do both at the same time.” GriefFoodLouisianaChickenComfort FoodFried ChickenStages Of GriefCajun Book:Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears Source: Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears
“Pork and chicken grease, the aromatics of choice for the Cajun.” FoodCookingPorkGreaseChickenCajunCajun Style Book:Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears Source: Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears
“I climbed aboard a Greyhound bus and rode it to New York without telling anyone, without so much as a goodbye. What was I thinking? I wasn’t. I was young and stupid and broken. I knew from watching movies that broken people hopped on buses and disappeared. New York seemed far away, geographically, mentally.” GriefNew YorkTravelNew York CityEscapeGreyhound Book:Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears Source: Sweet as Cane, Salty as Tears