Crystal

“Motherfucker, don’t you ever worry about what another man is doing. Worry about what the fuck you can do and do that, because what you can do is all you can do. It don’t fucking matter what another man is doing.”
― Roy Wood Jr., The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir

“If nobody sees you, are you still there?”
― Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

“How much of my mother's life I missed because I was a child”
― Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

“A mother must be vigilant. She must be able and willing to wake up ten times during the night to feed her baby. After her intermittent vigil, she must see everything clearly the next morning so that she can notice any changes in her baby. A mother is not permitted to have blurry vision. She must notice if her baby’s wail is too loud or too low. She must know if the child’s temperature has risen or fallen. A mother must not miss any signs.”
― Ayobami Adebayo, Stay with Me