Jiea Monique

“When a man wails like that you know it’s all the tears that he was never allowed to shed, from Little League disappointment to teenage heartbreak, all the way to whatever injured his spirit just last year. As Roy howled, my fingers kept worrying a rough patch of skin beneath my chin, a souvenir of scar tissue. When”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“their opposition was a kind of vanity, a hatred of slavery that far outranked any love of the slave. Corrine was no different, and it was why, relentless as she was against slavery, she could so casually condemn me to the hole, condemn Georgie Parks to death, and mock an outrage put upon Sophia. I had not put it together like this in that moment. What”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

“And as I mounted each step, I felt the terrible logic of the Task, my Task, snap into place.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

“When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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― bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions