“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."
“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Peter once asked me when it was that I fell in love with Jack. And I told him, "It was while you were sleeping."
Saturday, December 7, 2024
If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
Charlotte Brontë | Jane Eyre
Thursday, December 5, 2024
"Such is your luck, such you are called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bare it."
- Nat Turner
Monday, December 2, 2024
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwin
