" When you come from a long line of suffering, there be no way to kid youself ‘bout its poison, how it get in the veins of families an from generation to generation be passed on like some horrible disease. I think white folk ofttimes can kid theyselves into thinking that such an act begin an end in juss one place. Or maybe they juss be so ‘fraid of what all that mean, they be able to convince theyselves somethun be true when they know deep down it ain’t. But when you come from a people who have suffered for generations, such lying to youself juss make things worse. Fo’ that poison can reach a point where they be no way to end its taint, an then people die; even if they don’ be a lying down in they graves, they be dead to life, an love, beauty an God. Yes, indeed, yes indeed they be. Miss Imogene "

― Christina Carson , Where It Began: Book One: Accidents of Birth Trilogy