Rachel Lindsay > Quotes

“Don't try to be someone you're not at the beginning of a relationship. Know who you are, accept and love yourself unconditionally -”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

“Instead of imposing narrow and arbitrary definitions of Blackness on one another and alienating those who do not measure up, create spaces that allow people to be Black in their own way so they can contribute to our collective advancement.”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

“Assess the rightness of a potential partner on his own terms and not just by comparing him to the ones before him - especially if they broke your heart.”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

“Checklists and plans are useful tools as long as we use them as guides and not rulebooks. As we journey through life, we are supposed to change and so should our goals.”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

“To everything else, I say, Miss me with that.”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

“I'm not just a Strong Black Woman; I'm a Real Human Being with strengths and vulnerabilities, hopes and fears, standards and contradictions.”
― Rachel Lindsay, Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths