Netra Antionette > Quotes

“You’re not the one who needs to prove her worth—he’s the one who needs to realize it before he loses access.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“And why did you lie about being a day trader? I heard all you do is run quick schemes and sell drugs.” He shook his head like he was exhausted. “I didn’t lie. I do day trade.” He paused. “I trade drugs for money in the daytime.”
― Netra Antionette, Mind Games

“Aunt Sandra started first”
― Netra Antionette, Heaux Phase

“You were never missing anything, Katrice,” she said. “You've just been covered up in everybody else’s expectations. It’s time to breathe again. It’s time to let your roots speak.”
― Netra Antionette, Deep Conditioned

“It may have felt like you were dying on the inside, like everything was falling apart—but really, it was your old self shedding. You had to lose what wasn’t for you to make space for what is.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“That’s because you dyed for this,” she said, her voice low and poetic. “It may have felt like you were dying on the inside, like everything was falling apart—but really, it was your old self shedding. You had to lose what wasn’t for you to make space for what is. And now, you get to live on your terms.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“So here’s your reminder: You are not asking for too much. He’s just offering too little.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“you’re safe now. You’re seen. You’re mine.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“I want you to avoid a certain life. Some men think providing replaces being present. You will be left with certain responsibilities and lose yourself while they continue to live.”
― Netra Antionette, Mind Games

“Our minds can be quite weird. We beg for a certain kind of love, then forget what it costs to receive it. We ask people to show up for dreams we no longer remember praying for, and when life shifts and we change, we rarely stop to consider what we’re still demanding from hearts we’ve outgrown.”
― Netra Antionette, Mind Games

“Girl, if we apologized for every time we did something our families didn’t approve of, we’d still be saying sorry for the time we got perms in middle school.”
― Netra Antionette, Chopped Expectations

“I didn’t know exactly how to get her back. I’ll find her again. Even if it means losing everything else.”
― Netra Antionette, Deep Conditioned

“You don’t owe anyone a version of you that keeps you small,” Senae said from across the room. “You need to own who you are and accept the freedom that comes with figuring it out in your time.”
― Netra Antionette, Braided, Not Bound

“Auburn is bold without being loud,” she continued. “It’s soft, but powerful. It shifts in the light—just like you. I wanted something that felt free, something that didn’t cling to your past like bone-straight black hair has. I wanted color that looked like strength and softness all at once.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“And don’t measure your life by somebody elses timeline. You’re rebuilding. That takes time”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“But I also know what I want—and that’s you. All of you. Not to own you. To walk beside you.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“And maybe one day some man will bring me into my soft girl era. But until then, I’m not settling just to split the bills and relax more. I didn’t stress all those years in pharmacy school just to stress over a man, too.”
― Netra Antionette, Chopped Expectations

“At first, it felt like success. Like everything I dreamed of was coming true. Now, it felt like a costume. Like I'm playing a character called “Katrice the Influencer” and the real me was slowly disappearing behind the ring light. But if I take all this off—the wig, the beat, and the branded clothes—who would I be? That’s the question that haunts me most.”
― Netra Antionette, Deep Conditioned

“These five women… they weren’t just clients. They were my girls. My tribe. Each of them had their own story, and Sundays were our safe space. It was where we released, recharged, and reminded each other of who we were.”
― Netra Antionette, Sundays At The Salon..

“To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” she’d say.”
― Netra Antionette, Sundays At The Salon..

“From there, I became a full-time wife. No career. No kids. Just me and him, moving through life as he climbed the ladder to become the architect he dreamed of being.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“But this is who I became when the world kept making me feel like I had to choose between being soft or being safe.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“You are not asking for too much. He’s just offering too little.”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“Tears welled again—but this time, they weren’t just from pain. They were from wanting. “More than anything,” I whispered.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This

“There was something deeply romantic about watching a show with someone who let you pause every ten minutes to discuss character development like it was real life”
― Netra Antionette, Heaux Phase

“Not because the heat wouldn’t sting. But because I knew—I was surrounded by women who would never let me burn.”
― Netra Antionette, Pressed, Not Broken

“And when I saw that”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“I was no longer the woman trying to explain her choices. I was the woman living them.”
― Netra Antionette, Chopped Expectations

“Then she smirked. Dark. Beautiful. “I guess I’ve been too much from the beginning. Even my mama doesnt have the energy to deal with me.” She said it like a joke”
― Netra Antionette, Body Count

“That’s when it hit me: It was real. It was over. No caption. No explanation. Just the reality of it, in black and white.”
― Netra Antionette, Dyed, For This