The Crowning Glory Of Calla Lily Ponder Quotes
"If cleanliness is next to Godliness, then pampering is next to Goddessness."
"What do you need from me now, little darling, what do you need from me now?"
"The moon is our mother, sweet daughter of mine. Call on her when you need her."
"Every day, you have to try to improve your angel-eyesight."
"We are all brothers and sisters under La Luna's sweet healing light."
"Well, everything comes natural for you, I thought."
"I had to fight to keep my eyes open to the full reality of my mother, body and soul."
"She doesn’t need it! Pray for those of us who don’t have her anymore, you rosary-clinking fools!"
"I am laid up here, unable to do that for her."
"I got what I went for. Got just what I went for."
"You're so smart. Look at the scores on your college entrance exams."
"I’m going to wash that man right out of my hair!"
"I love my baby," he said. "Our baby," Renée corrected.
"I will not be writing to you again. Or thinking of you, or hoping that we could in any way come back together."
"She'll have the other guys knocking me over to get a dance with her."
"I love you, Calla Lily," he said. "I'll always love you. No matter what happens, I'll always love you."
"I think I’m going to love being friends with you, Ricky."
"Look at your hands, Calla. I mean, really look."
"I'm beginning to grow into what M’Dear had been teaching me all along—to touch people in a way that doesn’t shut them out. To let them in."
"Well, Sweet, I guess you didn’t know that the Carousel is a revolving bar!"
"I'm so glad you didn’t wear your usual braid, Calla. Oh, you look so gorgeous!"
"You have beautiful breasts. You have nothing to worry about."
"If this is the City That Care Forgot, then maybe I’m in the wrong town."
"Right now, all we can do is let her play this out and be there for her when she wants to straighten up."
"Calla Lily Ponder, you’re so pretty, you just break my heart."
"I am not an alcoholic," she said, pulling back her hands.
"You got to learn how to say you're sorry, even if you feel like the other one's to blame!"
"It’s not like I’m going to change the outfits I wear, y’all! I’m just going to try not to drink."
"Okay, let me see you dance with my girl here."
"You are embraced by those who are alive and by those who have passed on."
"And I saw the kiss move through the wood to my husband."
"I began to feel my cold tears mix with the hot water."
"You used to dance like that, Calla. You can come alive again."
"If I moved to New Orleans, I would always have a ribbon of connection to home."
"I thought the whole tent would explode, just be blown apart by all that energy and joy."
"How could my life be unbearable when there was singing like this in the world?"
"Thank you," I said. "You don’t need to thank me, baby. Just go on with your praying."
"These precious parts terrified me. What if I hurt someone? It was all too much."
"My life was my high wire, and I had to build my own safety net."
"Your mother and her little ones, but mainly, worry is bad for your hair! No kidding, it is."
"The moon, La Luna, is always there. Her pull is strong, strong enough to move the mighty Mississippi."
"Look closely now," she said, "and wait. These are the two most important things I can tell you now. Look closely and wait."
"And he taught me a tough lesson: that the largest part of kindness is to ask for it when you need it, and to give it whenever you can."
"My heart was beating so loudly that I could almost hear it."
"You’re welcome. It’s the way things are still done here. One of the old ways that still makes the community."
"Was I really that scared? Was I really that scarred?"
"My mind was an arcade of thoughts and emotions."
"The smell of horses is one I love so much, and a comfort to me in so many ways."
"I’m sorry for hurting you, Calla Lily Ponder."
"I never stopped loving you. I was young, I was stupid, and I was scared."
"I wanted to make him crawl across the desert on his knees."
"Thank you, Calla. If there’s a chance, I’ll wait."
"I could feel little endorphin-angels flying rapturously around the bedroom."