Lindz

“Real men got plans for the things important to them. If he ain’t got no plan for you, then you ain’t what’s important.’ And I never forgot that. I might have married the wrong men, but I didn’t ever have trouble getting asked.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

“If you understand that every day is a great triumph, a victory over all of the forces that would try to tear you down, then you understand how very important it is to celebrate everything that gives us the courage to keep daring for our greatest selves.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

“Love comes in many forms—self-love, love between friends, familial love and romantic love, amongst them. In fact, this book itself is my love letter—to you, to black women, to women and to all those who understand the beauty that comes through struggle and the benefit of doing their own work to heal, to understand, to grow, and most importantly, to love more fully.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

“You never know what's going to come up or what you'll have to confront. But don't think your journey should be easy just. because you don't have larger problems.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All