37 quotes found
“If I'm moving too fast or coming on too hard...”
“Choices, options, decisions abound. Choose right, take the best option and decide well.”
“When their voices didn't reach my ears,I rebelled against my own skin too young to realize that without their stories I would starve.”
“Loving ourselves is a revolutionary act!”
“There is something immensely scary about putting yourself out there for people to love or hate you, fan or pan you, review or screw you.”
“She was turned on by him his scent, his smile; he was the manifestation of seduction. Under normal circumstances, she'd be tempted, but might have had enough willpower to resist him. These weren't ...”
“Everything in life has its price, and often the heaviest prices we pay are not in terms of money.”
“George, I know youre tired. But President Lincoln, he didnt free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.-Georges Grandmother.”
“On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atonement or Remembrance (NOT ONE), no thanks for 400+ years of free labor, forced s...”
“I loved going to the library. It was the first time I ever saw Black newspapers and magazines like JET, Ebony, the Baltimore Afro-American, or the Chicago Defender. And Ill never forget my librarian.”
“Yes, a person can accept your apology and forgive you for what you’ve said, but they will never forget how you made them feel at that very moment. Words can stick in a person’s mind, heart, and spi...”
“Black Girls… Until you get enough of what you’re going through, no matter what advice a person gives you, you’ll continue to go through the same thing. Constant arguing. Constant fighting. Constant...”
“Remember this one thing baby girl, women don’t juggle…we diversify!”
“I really want to call you to me in a thunderbolt so I can smack you. We’re not even married yet and I want to strangle you with my bare hands. That doesn’t bode well for your life expectancy, Assef...”
“She was turned on by him— his scent, his smile; he was the manifestation of seduction. Under normal circumstances, she'd be tempted, but might have had enough willpower to resist him. These weren't...”
“George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.”-George’s Grandmother.”
“I loved going to the library. It was the first time I ever saw Black newspapers and magazines like JET, Ebony, the Baltimore Afro-American, or the Chicago Defender. And I’ll never forget my librarian.”
