Paraphrase the following sentences in your own words:
She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that "no" is a word the world never learned to say to her.
My fat keeps me hot in zero weather.
Johnny Carson has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.
It seems to me I have talked to them always with one foot raised in flight with my head turned in whichever way is the farthest from them.
She would always look anyone in the eye.
She washed us in the river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know.
Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by.
Meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through motions with Maggie's hand.
Though, in fact, I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil War through the branches.
He just stood there, grinning, looking down on me, like somebody expecting a Model A car.
Every once in a while, he and wangero send eye signals over my head.
"I can' remember Grandma Dee without the quiz."
