A biography for Jonathan Odellhasn’t been written yet.
“But remember this. When God wants to punish us, he gives us just ourselves to care for.”
“That place I'm talking about ain't nothing but a bloody slit in this world of His. But everybody wants to rule over it. It ain't for the white man to rule. Ain't for any man to rule.”
“Creation is filled with soul-sick folks, colored and white, never knowing where they belong. They tangle everybody else up in their grief.”