Katie Antonelli

“I had no right telling you how you should feel. No right claiming knowledge on things I could and will never feel. I've never known harm or exile because of my skin. Nor felt the lash of leather whips or angry tongues because of it.”
― Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

“A funny thing happens when a man thinks he has a woman's company all to himself.
He may show a face to her that he would keep hidden if there were even one more person around. He speaks from his secret self.”
― Victor LaValle, Lone Women

“They take in the full experience of great loves and great tragedies without backing down or crouching into some sort of defensive stance. If life is going to punch them in the face, they stick their chins out and savor the moment. That is living life to the fullest.”
― Harlan Coben, Don't Let Go

“No one walks around holding their ugliest sin in the palm of their hand, staring at it. Our hurts are heavy, and we let them sink. Every day they drift lower, settling in murky places where the light can’t reach.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, Never Have I Ever