Karen White Quotes

...Being a mother is like being a gardener of souls. You tend your children, make sure the light always touches them

...hearing again the words from the Gullah woman, All shut-eye ain't sleep; all good-bye ain't gone.

The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage of her life and instead of shaking a fist, pick up a hammer.

Mama?""Yes, Emmy."She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do you know when it's been long enough?"Emmy could sense her mother smiling into the phone. "When you relaize that love doesn't have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they're inseparable.

Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.

They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.