Cynthia Bond Quotes

The food, though seasoned a little heavily with judgement, went down just fine.

Ruby saw the walls of her own soul, saw things sparkling there she had never thought to look upon. Pictures of women, old, ancient with eyes like eagles, hand with love burning. She saw Maggie. There were sparkling lights lining the walls, gemstones gleaming.

maybe devilment was catching. Maybe crazy was a cold you caught.

She made it in that pocket of time before dawn, when the aging night gathered its dark skirts and paused in the stillness.

Lately, he'd felt like his bones were God's kindling. That God must be awfully cold to set so many fires.

You know boy, I coulda been your daddy, but the fella in line behind me had correct change.

Ruby knew then that a lie could only control a person if they believed it.

Monday morning broke through, rubbing Sunday out of its eyes.

As Ephram waited for the pain, he saw Ruby as she used to be, the first time he'd seen her. The sweet little girl with long braids. The kind of pretty it hurt to look at, like candy on a sore tooth.

He wanted to tell her that he had seen a part of the night sky resting in her eyes and that he knew it because it lived in him as well. He wanted to tell her about the knot corded about his heart and how he needed her help to loose the binding.

Ruby put her arms around her, but because she could not hold air, the child walked inside of her body, curled there and settled into her womb.

Ephram took her hand, "But I'll tell you what. I'm most interested in the woman you have yet to be."O

Ephram watched as Miss P went to give the girl a hug. Ruby bristled and inched back, shaming the older woman into converting her gesture into straightening Tabasco bottles on a nearby shelf.

Those yellow eyes had seen the thing Ruby hid, even from herself. And when two people see a thing, for better or worse, it becomes real.