Miss Candice > Quotes

“Nah, I’d knock a bitch’s head right off her shoulders fucking with mine.”
― Miss Candice, Ryann & Cassim: Fixation

“The sky was sad on most days. Just like me.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Instead of sitting on the couch, I decided to take my food upstairs. I was due for a change of scenery.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Until you find your why, you will always find yourself back in that cycle you thought you got out of. Either that or you’ll do what you’re doing now for the rest of your life. Running in place. Stuck. Drowning. Sinking. Whatever you want to call it—it’s all the same.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“What if the man I fucking molded, ended up marrying someone else?”
― Miss Candice, She Fell in Love with a Dope Boy: The Complete Series

“The beautiful part about it is the changes you want to make aren’t for anybody but you.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I was the one with the magic. I was the one that held all of the power. I couldn’t do shit with a man like him. I would walk all over him. But then again… maybe that was the problem. Maybe I needed not to fucking devour him. Maybe I needed to just.. chill?”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Did I trust him? Fuck no. Who in their right mind would trust a man? All they did was lie.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I wasn’t okay with settling.”
― Miss Candice, Saint Baptiste

“In case you forgot, I’m a grown ass woman. I’m not a child anymore and I can move around as I please.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“You know what Samuel said? That it was a test of loyalty. The only one to pass was Jahad. It wasn’t a test. It was manipulation. It was a way to keep us quiet. To make us follow him, like minions without question.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“They weren’t allowed to say the word lie. Don’t ask me why. I truly did not know. What I did know was that growing up”
― Miss Candice, Mahogany: Book One

“I sat on her couch twice a week and told her all of my business.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Girls like me are only good for one thing. He said that. He told me that.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Naoki deserved it. If the world was at my disposal, I would’ve given it to her. She gave me the one thing I didn’t think I’d ever get. A second chance when I didn’t deserve one.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I don’t get love because,” I laughed. Did that sometimes to stop from crying. “I don’t get love. That’s not how my story ends. Love isn’t for women like me. The white picket fence. The kids. The… floating as you call it. The true love. Girls like me are only good for one thing. That’s what he said. What he told me⁠—”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Was greeted at the bottom by ol’ girl I came with but shit… I walked right by her as if I really was alone. Remember? If Naoki was in a room, my attention stayed on her. I couldn’t see past her. She was, and always would be, the focus.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I didn’t hate men. I was afraid. Afraid of what would happen to me if I allowed myself to love. Afraid of who I would become. Afraid of breaking. Afraid of me… in love.”
― Miss Candice, Saint Baptiste

“It’s been chaotic. But really, Si... it’s been beautiful too. If we didn’t have those moments, I wouldn’t have fallen in love. Shit, I wish it was just sex. That man,” I paused and shook my head. “The way he makes me feel Si. My God… I just… when I’m in it. I mean, deep in it. I get delusional and that shit… it’s not good for me. He’s not good for me.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“In all the years I’d been fucking, I’d never had a woman do me the way she did. I was completely out of my element. I had to shake back though.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I appreciated the fuck out of a tiger-striped ass.”
― Miss Candice, Saint Baptiste

“I sat there, watching as she tried to put the mask on in a daze. I was speechless, and I probably looked just as crazy as I felt because, eventually, Honesty ran off, wearing the mask I watched her mother get slutted out by two men at Pandora’s in.”
― Miss Candice, Soul Ties

“God, I needed the sun this morning. I soaked her up yesterday but after last night, I needed more. Sometimes I thought about leaving. Thought about moving somewhere where it was hot year around. I needed the sun so bad these days. Some people hated winter because it got dark faster. I hated winter because the sun didn’t come out as much.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Realized it was because I didn’t love myself. Kept doing the same shit, getting the same results because I didn’t think I deserved better. The way I treated myself was a reflection of what I attracted. I mean, really. It took me going into isolation to really figure it out. To really see what it was that God wanted from me.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“The true beauty of her. Doubted if anybody could see her the way that I could, still. But at least they could get a glimmer of it. All I’d ever wanted was for her to see herself the way that I always had. And she could.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Against my skin, though not too warm, the sun felt amazing. She was setting. And since she was leaving, the sun kiss was a little different. Tender and subtle.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I told myself I would set the rules. I would, before they could even try to use me, I would create this box. The box was my way of protecting myself from disappointment. From heartache. I wouldn’t fall in love because the box... it protected me. Kept everyone out. I was safe there.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Because everything… I mean, everything about you is beautiful. Especially the way you try to hide.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“I hated being the oldest.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale

“Sad Girl Kiki and Fun Girl Kiki were two completely different women.”
― Miss Candice, SAINT BAPTISTE 2: the finale