Molly

“Chona had never been one to play by the rules of American society. She did not experience the world as most people did. To her, the world was not a china closet where you admire this and don’t touch that. Rather, she saw it as a place where every act of living was a chance for tikkun olam, to improve the world.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Whatever’s back there don’t matter. It’s what’s ahead of you that counts. Don’t”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“finger, that one solitary white finger, reaching out in friendship and solidarity, shone in his memory like a bright, shining star.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

“Thank you, Monkey Pants.”
― James McBride, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store