3 Quotes by Tonya Bolden

If goodness was like mint......"It'll spread if it ain't hedged," her ma explained, then told her how mint roots roam under the soil and send up shoots inches, feet away, making more roots, and those roots then roam, send up shoots, making new roots. "And up comes more mint. If I don't wall it off, mint will take over the garden. We'll wind up with no corn and cabbages, no beans and tomatoes, no peppers, no goosefoot, no squash, no okra.

And she envied Caleb’s knowledge. She only had bits and pieces, scraps and rags. He had a whole cloth.

It’s how I keep my mind from becoming mush. Learn and think. Think and learn.