How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
She said, "It's Yoruba for 'the path'" […] She quickly told me it was a people. A nation. In the land of our ancestors. (12.12-13)
Cecile wants to remember the past with her new name. To Delphine, it's a little contrived and forced. Not to Cecile, though; her ancestor's struggles impact the way she thinks about the movement now. In remembering her heritage with her new name, Cecile shows the world what took place in her past.
Quote #5
REMEMBER LI'L BOBBY. (14.10)
We can tell that just the act of remembering someone can be beneficial. It doesn't help Bobby to be remembered after he's gone—it's more about the people who are left behind. They try to honor the injustice of what happened to Bobby by engaging in political struggle as a way of making sure it doesn't happen again.
Quote #6
There was something about being here with her in the kitchen. And I knew what it was. I had a flash. A flash of us. Quiet and in the kitchen. Pencil tapping and her voice chanting. I blinked that flash away. I didn't have time to be pulled into a daydream. (16.46)
Hanging around her mom and spending time with her in the sacred kitchen reminds Delphine of what it was like growing up. She recalls being with her folks in the kitchen, though she stops herself from remembering more. We're thinking this is so she can be fully checked-in to this present moment with her mom. Consider it making a new memory instead of drifting into an old one.