Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Delores Phillips

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Delores Phillips.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Delores Phillips was an American author who is known for her acclaimed debut novel, The Darkest Child. Born in Georgia, Phillips explores the racial dynamics of the 1950s rural South in her book. She graduated from Cleveland State University and worked as a nurse in a facility for abused women and children in Cleveland. Her other work has appeared in Jean’s Journal, Black Times, and The Crisis. She died at the age of 63.

American - Author | Born: 1950

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What good are laws that cannot be read or understood, or a tongue that spews only hatred or ignorance? What good is the written word to an illiterate man?

Delores Phillips

Fear was a thing I understood all too well. It was a malignancy that had spread throughout my body until my mother, in her godly wisdom, had diagnosed and cauterized it.

Delores Phillips

I touch my scar to remind myself that I am not a coward. I am a Quinn.

Delores Phillips

Satan is not going to leave. The only way to get him out is to invite God in, and God is not welcome in my mother's house.

Delores Phillips