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Quotes from The Salt Eaters — Toni Cade Bambara

1939–1995 United States

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8 quotes

"I’m available to any and every adventure of the human breath.”

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.

The Salt Eaters (1980)

She would not break her discipline to comfort herself in a shallow way. Would no more break discipline with her Self than she would her covenant with God.

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Take away the miseries and you take away some folks’ reason for living. Their conversation piece anyway.

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Silence. Stillness. To give her soul a chance to attend its own affairs at its own level.

The Salt Eaters (1980)

“Keep the focus on the action not the institution; don’t confuse the vehicle with the objective; all cocoons are temporary and disappear”

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Then M’Dear Sophie always said, “Find meaning where you’re put, Vee.” So she exhaled deeply and tried to relax and stick it out and pay attention.”

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Then the silence. A whole generation silent

The Salt Eaters (1980)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Toni Cade Bambara (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.