courtney ★

“White men get a choice. They get to choose they job, they house. They get to choose to make black babies, then disappear into thin air, like they wasn't never there to begin with, like these black women they slept with or raped done laid on top of themselves and got pregnant. White men get to choose for black men too. Used to sell 'em; now they just send 'em to prison like my daddy, so that they can't be with they kids.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“i will tell you, my daughter of your worth not your beauty every day.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
― Nayyirah Waheed

“Where there is a woman there is magic.”
― Ntozake Shange