The Sweetest Hallelujah
Elaine Hussey
Top 10 Best Quotes
“To live abundantly, you have to race toward the future with arms and heart wide open. You have to risk everything and let the universe take care of the details”
“She gave thanks for the grace that pours down when you least expect it-and wasn't that just another name for love?”
“When you’ve lost everything, you can walk through hell and not even feel the heat.”
“Nobody is going to notice Billie. People like us are invisible.”
“Trouble has set up housekeeping with me, and I can't get rid of it.”
“Sometimes the only way to remain strong is to hole up with your best friend and try to forget you are standing on a stick of dynamite with enemies lined up, itching to light the fuse.”
“Sometimes something as simple as a phone call can snap you like a twig, break you into sharp halves so that you can’t even feel your own heartbeat.”
“No, Mama. The sweetest hallelujah will be when Billie can walk in the front door of any place she pleases, and nobody will tell her she doesn't belong.”
“To live abundantly, you have to race toward the future with arms and heart wide open. You have to risk everything and let the universe take care of the details. And you have to pay attention.”
“They walked off down the hall in the direction of a sign that said Colored Waiting Room. Billie guessed white folks didn't have to wait.”
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family, friends, racism, civil-rights, hopelessness, love, racism-in-america, inspirational-attitude, grace, inspirational, living-life-to-the-fullest, history
