Glamy

“A man did not comment on a woman's physique, for it was not his place.”
― Atekichi, Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! (Light Novel) Vol. 1

“But Ophie had learned that the best way to survive in this world was to treat white folks, especially important white folks, the same way she treated snakes: cautiously, and with respect, whether they deserved it.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

“Some truths, left ignored too long, had no choice but to win out.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

“Ophie knew better than to ask such a thing, to wonder why it was that all the grown folks said nice things about people even even they were lies. She just took it as part of the unspoken rules of life, the same as "don't talk back to elders" and "clear off the sidewalk for white folks to get by" Things that had always existed, that she couldn't question or ague, any more than she could argue with the rain.”
― Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts