Sassafras Quotes

Picking through your pocket lining, well what is this? Scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus? (Joanna Newsom)
I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names. View quote
Jan Karon
...The characters in Sassafras did say awful things and trash one another, but there are people who do. In the time of the Sassafras narrative certain women's collectives existed that were very dramatic and people had a lot of lovers. We didn't even call it promiscuity. It was very different from the environment today. People today sit down and think about how they really want to be monogamous. It was not anybody's goal fifteen years ago. View quote
Ntozake Shange