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Bernice L. McFadden Quotes

I write to breathe life back into memory.

I write to breathe life back into memory.

Bernice L. McFadden
Memories, Writing, Breathe
Bernice L. McFadden, James Frey (2012). “The Warmest December”, p.13, Akashic Books

Don't you know sugar is brown first? White folks couldn't stand the fact that something so sweet shared the same color as the people who cut the cane, slopped the hogs and picked the cotton. So they bleached it to resemble them, and now they done gone and fooled everybody. You included.

Bernice L. McFadden
Sweet, Cutting, Color
Bernice L. McFadden (2001). “Sugar: A Novel”, p.39, Penguin

Listen, if you choose to believe nothing else that transpires here, believe this: your body does not have a soul; your soul has a body, and souls never, ever die.

Bernice L. McFadden
Believe, Soul, Doe
Bernice L. McFadden (2015). “The Bernice L. McFadden Collection: Gathering of Waters, Glorious, The Warmest December, and Nowhere Is a Place”, p.11, Akashic Books

Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page.

Bernice L. McFadden
Strong, Character, Shine On

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