Vanessa Obi

“Not tonight, good Iago. I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.”
― William Shakespeare

“[S]ince I became a woman, boys were gonna follow me around more often, 'cause they could follow the trail of stars that fall from between my legs after dark.”
― Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

“When you realize your blood has come, smile; an honest smile, for you are about to have an intense union with your magic. This is a private time...for thinking and dreaming. [D]raining worries, fall away as your body lets what she doesn't need go from her. Remember that you are a river; your banks are red honey where the Moon wanders.”
― Ntozake Shange, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

“The less we understand a group in society--the less we bother to learn--the more misconceptions and worries we have.”
― James Dawson, This Book Is Gay