ShelfLoveWithDee

“There was only so much that his mother could do for him. At the end of the day, he had been a little black boy, and no matter how much she tried to provide, she couldn’t teach him how to grow up to become a great black man. This man’s absence had contributed to Noah’s current predicament whether intentional or not.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Luxe

“It’s just a few classes. It’s no big deal.” “It’s a big deal,” he stressed. “I don’t care who it is … including me. You put that first. I know L.A. seems like the big-city life … the pace … the lights … the people … it’s exciting, but don’t lose you. I’m kind of digging you. You would be doing yourself a disservice if you switched up too much,”
― Ashley Antoinette, Luxe

“Make me strap up every time, ma. This is your temple. Make a nigga respect it,”
― Ashley Antoinette, Luxe

“this idea that the body becomes only what’s needed of the body: worker, child-bearer, mistress. The interchangeability.”
― Imani Thompson, Honey