“When I look at you, Rivah, I see that same fire. But I don’t want to control it. I want to witness it. Feed it. Match it.”
I’ve been having mixed feelings about this book, just because of how Kross was talking to and treating her. Feels manipulative and love bomby but this part right here🥹 i have to see how this ends
“Because baking a black cake was like handling a relationship. The recipe, on paper, was simple enough. Its success depended on the quality of the ingredients, but mostly on how well you handled them,”
― Black Cake
― Black Cake
“Sometimes the worst thing that happens to us turns out to be the best thing”
― One Summer in Savannah
― One Summer in Savannah
“Maybe you’ll have to pay with your body”
― Love, Mom
― Love, Mom
“Your issues with me are not my problem.”
― Only for the Week
― Only for the Week
“He could never comprehend how black women managed the type of strength they possessed. He had seen a lot of things in his lifetime that had made him question God’s existence, but the strength of melanin-drenched women had to be divine. There was no other explanation for it.”
― Ethic 2
― Ethic 2
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