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Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1) QUOTES

Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1) QUOTES

1 " Do you care for any contemporary authors?” Matthew inquired. “I adore Jane Austen.” Matthew nodded. “I find her portrait of British society so accurate and yet so dreadful.” “I agree. It must be awful to be so bound by what society expects,” Lisbeth answered. “I am so glad to have been born in America, where one has freedom. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

2 " This country was founded with the understanding that we shall be allowed to hold slaves. It was a condition of the formation. That shall not change regardless of the rhetoric coming from the North. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

3 " Then Mattie journeyed away from her home toward freedom and her family, leaving behind the bones of generations of her ancestors and their captors "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

4 " Focus on bearing, and beauty will follow. Your looks will not remain with you for life. But your bearing will go with you to the grave. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

5 " But I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

6 " As far as I concerned, God loves ever’body so God forgives ever’body so ever’body gonna get to heaven. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

7 " This is as true a story as has ever been told: the story of my love for Mattie, and, I suppose, her love for me in return. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

8 " Mattie scoffed, “That sound like a foolish rule to me. How ya gonna know if you like being with a man if ya can’ laugh together? "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

9 " I can’ say much ’bout marriage. But I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

10 " Lisbeth could no longer pretend enslaving negroes was for their own protection. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

11 " I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

12 " someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

13 " her breasts became very tender, she realized she might be carrying a child. She remembered this feeling from years ago when she was growing Samuel. It was early yet. She could end it with pennyroyal. But when she prayed and thought about it, she realized she wanted this child, this piece of Emmanuel. Mattie wasn’t going to give up this new infant. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

14 " stairs leading "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

15 " Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as quickly and surely as the milk from her breasts. Although my family “owned” her, although she occupied the center of my universe, "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

16 " all servants imported and brought into the Country . .  "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

17 " Getting dressed was complicated. She did not want to raise her parents’ suspicions, but she wanted to look nice on her wedding day. While Emily waited, Lisbeth spent considerable time sorting through her gowns. In addition to wanting an attractive dress, she needed one that she could remove herself. She did not know if someone would be available to help her undress. She did not allow herself to think about where or with whom she would be undressing that night, but she would have to get used to dressing herself in the future. Her new life was beginning today. Eventually she chose a Swiss dot with a light-blue background and bright-blue dots that buttoned down the front. It was not particularly tight in the bodice, so she could wear a corset that laced on the side "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

18 " She was hurt, far worse than I will ever be. And you try to convince me, and yourself, that she would be flattered by such an experience!” Lisbeth said with contempt. “Well, I do not believe you, Mother! She was not flattered. She was in pain. That is why I will be moving to Ohio, a free state, where I will not have to be a part of the evil of slavery. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

19 " The young woman asked, “Mattie, do you think I have ruined my chance at the best marriage on the river?” “Lisbeth, I can’ say much ’bout marriage. But I know a good man make life more sweet. Someone to hold you and love you, someone to share your dreams with, someone kind and thoughtful. A good man’s a treasure. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)

20 " Lisbeth had so hoped to be a target of Cupid’s arrow, but it seemed that was not to be. "

― Laila Ibrahim , Yellow Crocus (Freedman/Johnson, #1)