Anika

“Some people might say it was important to respect ‘authority’ but for Black men in particular, that wasn’t always true. People who had authority were not always worthy of respect. But if you didn’t respect those who had power over you—or do a damn good job of faking it—it could mean your ass.”
― Nia Forrester, Afterburn

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
― Alice Walker

“You met Sheryl. She stays bent out of shape. That's her resting state--bent-out-of-shape, pissed-off and all-kinds-of-crazy. Pick any one of those. That's Sheryl on a good day.”
― Nia Forrester, Afterburn

“Theirs was a relationship not of conflict, but a comfortable joust-and-parry.”
― Nia Forrester, Afterwards