Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones Quote

The flowers absorb the sunshine because it is their nature. I give out melody because God filled my soul with it.


From Black Women in America (1993), edited by Darlene Clarke Hine


The flowers absorb the sunshine because it is their nature. I give out melody because God filled my soul with it.

The flowers absorb the sunshine because it is their nature. I give out melody because God filled my soul with it.

The flowers absorb the sunshine because it is their nature. I give out melody because God filled my soul with it.

The flowers absorb the sunshine because it is their nature. I give out melody because God filled my soul with it.