Antoinette Sherell > Quotes

“You know, I don’t say I got you just because it sounds good,” she told him. “I know it won’t always be smooth sailing with us. We’re going to fight. There’ll be moments when we’re in this awkward space, like right now. You’ll even do things I don’t like, and I’ll do a lot of shit that gets on your nerves. I want all of that with you, though, if you want it with me.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“Stop making these bitches think they have that much power over you. In the end, you’re going out of your way for a feeling that’ll only last as long as they choose to give it to you. Fuck that.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“I can’t stop life from happening, but I can stop a nigga from breathing.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“Kiko is the worst kind because she hides her hand. That bitch would stab you in the back, wipe the knife clean, and then cut you a slice of cake with it to make you feel better.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“For loving your son through everything you just mentioned he dealt with in your care. Hopefully, his corrections will make our future better than his past.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“Do you know, I really love yo ass, Whoop? I’m talking ‘bout so much that I hate yo ass, too. Even when my head is fucked up, you control every thought and dictate my every move. I don’t like it, but that’s what it is because you got my fucking heart in a chokehold. I just don’t know if I can trust you with my shit.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“Because you ask for the bare minimum when the sky ain’t even the limit for you, Whoop. Request a planet or some shit. You gotta make a nigga work hard for it sometimes.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“Shabu and his efforts sucked her in every time. He made the grandest gestures that reminded her why she loved him—why her feet rooted wherever he watered, even if they were on the worst terms. He’d become home for her. It was the sole reason she couldn’t leave when her brain screamed for her to take the out he’d offered.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“If you love me like I love you, what fucking reason do we have to wait? Life is short. I’m trying to do everything with and to you while I can. There ain’t no timeframe on when and how much I can love you, Whoop.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“It will soon, and I bet you’d be ready to fight if I did that lame shit. You ain’t got nothing to prove to Mya or anyone else, Whoop. When I cut a bitch off for you, that speaks for itself, so let those hoes talk until they’re blue in the face. If you’re in yo chest ‘bout it, then do what you did and rock their shit. Don’t waste your fucking breath going back and forth.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“Zeus, who is that?" "Who?" I grabbed a bag of party wings before looking up and seeing Giselle staring me right in the face. "Shit." "So, you do know her?" "Yea, that's jezebel," I said, tittering to myself before going back to shopping. I wasn't stunting shorty. I had let her suck my dick one time and never hit her again. She was irrelevant, if you asked me. I didn’t even see why she was in my fucking face and while she saw that I was clearly with someone. "Hey, jezebel! How are you this evening?" "What the fuck you doing?" I slapped Doe's hand down because she was giving the damn girl a fake ass neighbor wave. "That's not even her damn name, Doe." "Well, you said it was!" "It's actually Giselle." We both”
― Antoinette Sherell, It's Hard Luvin' A Savage

“I adored the image staring back at me. Although still a work in progress, I was a woman worthy of everything I desired. My imperfections were my best assets, and I’d learned over the years that there wasn’t a damn thing broken within me.”
― Antoinette Sherell, Salvage My Soul

“How long do you plan on stripping, Michi?” “I don’t know. How long does life plan to keep its foot on our fucking necks?”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“I ain’t going nowhere. Whatever you decide to do with yo body, I won’t judge you. I’m here for whatever, and all I need in return is loyalty. Don’t switch up on me, Whoop. I don’t want you getting lost in the illusions of a life I ain’t trying to live forever because the money starts looking good to you. Stay the same girl that wanted me over anything I could offer. That’s gon’ keep my fucking head in the game. You have to be my motivation to stay focused on the bigger picture because ain’t shit else doing that for me right now. We gon’ ride this shit out together. You got me?”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“If you don’t want anyone knowing you’re sad, you need to smile more, or tell some jokes and act like you enjoy being around people. Even when you want to crawl into a hole and never come out of that bitch, bite down your feelings. The best way to keep from crying is to laugh through the bullshit.”
― Antoinette Sherell, Lessons From A Hidden Treasure: An Interlude

“I ain’t the smartest crayon in the box, but I got discernment, nigga. The streets taught me that.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“How in the fuck did you get pregnant, Doe?” “Because ever since I told your ass I was on birth control, you act like you can’t pull out.” “Nigga, ‘cause you on birth control!” he yelled, throwing his hands in the air. “That shit ‘pose to control you giving birth, the fuck!” “It’s not one hundred percent, jack ass.” “Okay, and I didn’t let off in you one hundred percent either, so the shit should have balanced out.”
― Antoinette Sherell, It's Hard Luvin' A Savage

“Sometimes, the best closure is just leaving shit where it’s at.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“I’m not the enemy, and I ain’t trying to take your place because I know I don’t have any wins with Savvy when it comes to you. Whatever hostility you got with me is one sided because we have the same goal. I’m ‘bout your cousin just like you.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“I don’t like a lot of people, but I tolerate them when I have more to lose than gain.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: The Finale

“a man’s actions revealed their true intentions, while words only revealed a man’s cunningness.”
― Antoinette Sherell, Lessons From A Hidden Treasure: An Interlude

“Whoop ain’t your business anymore, so sit your ass there and shut the fuck up unless you’re trying to shoot this shit out, and I ain’t talking about a jump shot, nigga.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy

“Savvy was his light in a world filled with darkness, death, and treachery. He realized their differences attracted him to her from day one.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“I’ll never lie to you. I might omit shit or say nothing, but anything I ever tell yo ass is one hundred.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu

“We gon’ make it fit. That shit is made to be shifted and rearranged.”
― Antoinette Sherell, The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy