51 Quotes by Laila Ibrahim

You cannot change that man, but you can learn the truth about the world and decide what kind of person you want to be.

Your mother is a precious soul and the earth will be diminished without her – though heaven will be rewarded with another angel.

I never saw my mother again, but I carried her with me always.

Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as quickly and surely as the milk from her breasts.

I asked my husband to teach my daughters to read and write so we would know one another should we be parted.

Two days later the housekeeper.

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

Young ladies may speak to young men about the weather, meals, clothing, and their relatives. Avoid conversation concerning politics, finance, or religion. Though a gentleman may bring up such topics, and a lady must follow where a gentleman leads, a skilled lady will return the conversation to an appropriate topic.

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.