10 Quotes by Ann E. Burg

Sometimes the words people don't say are as powerful as the ones they do.

Maybe the Americans should have brought baseballs instead of bombs.

The Lord don't need a ribbonto hear your mama's prayer,she says,n you don't need a ribbonto remember your mama.The things what we love,we keep buried in our hearts.

You keep those eyes lookin up that's where the good lord n his angels live

In heaven, Mama says, the good lord loves everybody, no matter what color they's painted.

Age don't make you old Aunt Sara says, worries do."

A baby'll always betied to her mama's heart,she says real quiet,n I wonderhow many babiesis buriedin Aunt Tempie's heart.

Outside, the stars is still danglin in the purple darkness- not a trail of ladle stars, but loose stars, runaway stars, stars too stubborn to disappear.

Music is not simply playing notes. You have to play the silence too.