Quotes from Barbara Neely

She was suspicious of anyone who was pushing not one, not two, but three male-led religions rolled into one.

If a way to a man's heart was through his stomach, surely the way to a mother's heart was through her children.

Blanche's mind rang with remembered slights and taunts, and

I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the people who are assumed not to have a worldview.