Cryssy
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I remember the moment I realized I was free, looking in a mirror and saying, “I choose my motherfucking self.”
“Once a man knows that you’re in love he’ll do anything and everything that he wants to do because he feels that you’ll never leave him. That’s what her father had told her and she believed everything that her father had ever said to her.”
― Money Over Errythang
― Money Over Errythang
“Then he said, “Always follow your first instinct about a person, baby girl, and you won't go wrong.” At first I didn't understand what he meant. So I asked him. He just told to me to be careful of whom I trust. Make sure that the people you keep close to you are worthy of the trust you give them.”
― Her Mother's Love
― Her Mother's Love
“But like I told my husband years ago, money brings you the woman you want, struggles brings you the women you need.” Sylvia chuckled.”
― What Ya Girl Won't Do
― What Ya Girl Won't Do
“Desiree recite Martin Luther King’s inspiring statement “If you can’t fly, then you run, if you can’t run, then you walk, if you can’t walk, then you crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep on moving.”
― Pass The Mustard Seed: It's our faith that moves mountains, not our hands.
― Pass The Mustard Seed: It's our faith that moves mountains, not our hands.
“In a world of airheads and sack chasers, ambition and intellect are attractive.”
― Luxe
― Luxe
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