Red River Quotes

“One thing always sure. Life go on with you or without you, no matter how much you seen.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River

“You be surprised what a person got in them to do when the time come.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River

“They's a time for sitting still and praying the wind blow over you, and they's a time to rise up and face the storm.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River

“Fear is a cruel master, but hope die a hard death.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River

“Someone on outside looking in never know the full story.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River

“In freedom, most agree, every step forward has always been accompanied by a step back.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River: A Novel

“We need education, not bullets. That the only way we win. Not all these white men bad. We got to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. That the only way progress last.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River: A Novel

“Opposing forces close rank, black versus white, Republican versus Democrat, plantation riverbed people versus hill people.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River: A Novel

“any nonsense come out they mouth. Some got the gift to make you laugh out loud, and others preach strong and spread the word of God.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River: A Novel

“Some men good providers, got a way with the soil or a trade. Some men been given a singing voice take you to glory, or magic in they bodies to move in dance and make you feel alive. Some men so pretty you gaze on them with hunger, or so smooth they get hold of words and make you believe”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River: A Novel

“Wait long enough and you reap what you sow. That hold for men. That hold for towns. That hold for a whole country.”
― Lalita Tademy, Red River