"It's best that the man do the work when the babies are young. And when the man is young. Not good for the woman to work when she's young. Not good for the man." Chapter 2, Pg 33

"anybody could be rich if he wanted to and worked hard enough and figured it out carefully enough." Chapter 2, Pg 41

"Dear Lutie: You better come home. Jim's been carrying on with another woman. Pop." Chapter 2, Pg 52

"having solved one problem, there was always a new one cropping up to take its place." Chapter 3,Pg 59

"Lutie didn't believe it, but like a lot of things she didn't believe, it cropped up suddenly out of nowhere to leave her wondering and staring at the brilliant scarlet color of the meat." Chapter 3, Pg 61

"I'm young and strong, there isn't anything I can't do." Chapter 3, Pg 63

"White people seem to think that's the only kind of...