“What an effort she made to change me, and when it was clear those surface alterations would never occur, she began to mistake my solitary nature for sullenness, my laughter for mockery, my silence for a judgment I didn't start to feel until much later.” AcceptanceQuietJudgmentParents And ChildrenMoxie Book:The Sweet Taste of Muscadines Source: The Sweet Taste of Muscadines
“I would never be happy till I managed to separate God from religion...God was infinitely bigger than I had ever imagined, infinitely more mysterious, and infinitely more kind. He was not to be held inside culture or tradition, nor could he ever be fully understood by a finite mind.” MindGodReligionInfiniteFinite Book:The Sweet Taste of Muscadines Source: The Sweet Taste of Muscadines