Asha Bandele > Quotes

“I know it ain’t easy. But finally you got to let the hope of easy just go and think about what you need to do. How you can just be right. For yourself and most of all for that child.”
― Asha Bandele, Daughter

“face the contradiction
that looks like u
that smells like u
that feels like u
and push out the violence
be unafraid to be a man
who confronts men about women
be unafraid to be a man
who confronts men
big mean-ass nasty men
be unafraid to be a man
who confronts
himself.

- Asha Bandele, 'In Response to a Brother's
Question About What He Should
Do When His Best Friend
Beats His Woman”
― Asha Bandele, Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

“It was that love was all we had. And we needed so much more. All couples do. We needed common passions and interests and goals.”
― Asha Bandele, The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir