Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity: between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.
Aberjhani
Southerners ask intimate questions
Southerners ask intimate questions in the way monkeys groom each other for lice, not to pry but to make you feel cared for. Reynolds Price