“...I felt it would be rude to leave, that Mrs. Broussard would think I didn't want to be around her. 'Course, I didn't. But I was raised better than to let her know that.” LoveHateRelationshipsFriendshipFateLgbtqParents And ChildrenSoutherners Book:These Heathens Source: These Heathens
“...I'd read an article in Jet magazine that said she was in the hospital, suffering from exhaustion, which I hadn't even known was a thing you could be hospitalized for. Half the women I knew were exhausted all the time.” LoveHateRelationshipsFriendshipFateReal LifeParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:These Heathens Source: These Heathens
“I stared at Mrs. Broussard, thinking of Pastor Mills, who liked to quote the book of 1 Peter, saying, 'Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour,' and I wondered if Mrs. Broussard was really the devil in disguise and I should hightail it back to Millen before she devoured me.” LoveHateRelationshipsFriendshipFateReal LifeParents And ChildrenBeing Black Book:These Heathens Source: These Heathens