Tsholonki

“Grief is not neat. Pain is not dignified. Both are ugly, visceral things. They rip holes through you and burst forth when they see fit. They are constant, controlling companions, and if they don’t destroy you or your relationships with others, they certainly go a long way to damaging you, disfiguring you internally and altering your existence so much so that when you are lucid enough to look at yourself, at your life, you are astounded (and often disgusted) by what you find staring back at you.”
― Onyi Nwabineli, Someday, Maybe

“Loss, that’s only for the span of a lifetime but love…love lasts forever…and we’ll always have that.”
― Nina., Lemon Pepper: Where Love & Grief Meet

“Black women are not victims. Black women are alchemists, spinning gold from a life of hardship.”
― Catherine Joy White, This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood

“even while walking free, black women continued to be viewed as natural and willing slaves.”
― Catherine Joy White, This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood