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Salvage the Bones
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"Salvage the Bones" Quotes

A pregnant teenager in a poverty-stricken Mississippi community prepares for Hurricane Katrina while dealing with family struggles.

Quotes

We can’t do nothing. We’re a family.

Jesmyn Ward

familyresponsibility

Sometimes the world don’t give you what you need, no matter how hard you look. Sometimes it withholds.

Jesmyn Ward

disappointmentstruggle

The world don’t love us.

Jesmyn Ward

hardshipreality

I wanted to fall in love with the moon.

Jesmyn Ward

lovelonging

It’s always been like that. We ain’t had nothing that wasn’t broke. And we like it like that.

Jesmyn Ward

povertyacceptance

I like the way it feels, working with China and wood. It’s like, I don’t know, like I’m fixing something.

Jesmyn Ward

purposecraftsmanship

The waves, they wash over everything, wash you away, wash you clean.

Jesmyn Ward

cleansingrenewal

I don’t know if China or her puppies can make it. I don’t know if I can make it.

Jesmyn Ward

uncertaintyfear

We need another hurricane. A big one. One that wash everything away.

Jesmyn Ward

desperationchange

We live in a world where the decision to have a baby is the decision to risk death.

Jesmyn Ward

motherhoodrisk