Ajachukwu

“Death is only a doorway.”
― Francesca Ekwuyasi, Butter Honey Pig Bread

“The difference is that I’ve made peace with my limitations and you haven’t. I can feel it. I can feel the struggle. I can see it on your face. And because of that, you’re easy to manipulate. If I can mess with your head, if I can get you mad at yourself for not being the Carrie Soto you think you should be—I will beat you every time,” he says. “And that means Nicki will slaughter you.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back

“Books mattered, because girls who are at their most real in book pages are sometimes the only reason alive girls get through their years at all.”
― Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!

“I know I can’t drive a truck. And I can’t run a bank. And I can’t count. And I can’t lead a movement. But I can f*ck up your mind.”
― James Baldwin