10 Quotes by Ninie Hammon

I think ‘me’ is a moving target, Bobo. Like you put a bunch of rocks in a kaleidoscope, and every time you turn it, the pieces look different, but it’s still the same rocks.

Don’t never underestimate the power of doin’ the right thing.

Don’t never underestimate the power of doin’ the right thing, Reverend. Sometimes, it’s the only gift life gives you.

The current state of the world is testimony to the cowardice of the many and the futile courage of the few. Everywhere on the globe, evil thrives in the soil of denial, pruned by cynicism, fertilized by disbelief, watered by inaction.

The light then scrubs the darkened skies awakens deer and antelope. And time breathes life in slow, sweet sighs perfumed by jasmine, love and hope.

It’s not true what they say about time, that it heals. The passage of time only blunts your grief so it doesn’t stab you anymore. It just hacks at you with a rusty Boy Scout hatchet.

Do not sweat the petty stuff and do not pet the sweaty stuff.

The band fell apart because of the absence of his presence; her marriage fell apart because of the presence of his absence.

Some smells are universally revered. Coffee brewing. Bacon frying. Burning leaves. Baby powder. And sawdust.