30 Quotes by Ami McKay

Sometimes, for a moment, everything is just as you need it to be. The memories of such moments live in the heart, waiting for the time you need to think of them, if only to remind yourself that for a short while, everything had been fine, and might be so again.

Mother, if you love her-Mother, if you love her, keep her clean. Mother, if you lover her, keep her-

No matter what you do, someone always knew you would.

All you need to know about men is this - they have a great need to put their cock into whatever hole they find.

If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing.

Mama stared at me not with sadness, but with pleading. She was thinner than I'd ever allowed myself to notice, looking more like a child than a woman. I wanted to believe she knew what was best for me. I wanted to believe she was like every other mother and that she loved me more than I loved her. I hoped, if I followed her wishes, I would finally make her happy.

...to remind myself that a person can die while they're still alive, simply by not choosing to live." It's taken me a long time to understand what she'd meant by that. Worry can be pernicious. Left unchecked, it slowly bleeds the soul of joy and replaces it with fear.

As we entered the pharmacy, I looked over the items on Miss Everett’s list. Preventative powders, toilet vinegars, lavender water, Macassar oil, sea sponges, smelling salts, Bouquet de Rondeletia, extract of patchouli, Grosvrnor’s Tooth Powder, cherry bounce, anisette. They were the trappings of women and in this case, of whores.

Each day brings another handful of opportunities. It's up to you to make the best of what you're given.