A home isn’t only defined by what you need, Bram. It’s also about the people who need you

Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.

He couldn’t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that he’d gotten wet.

Certainty becomes you.

Is it truly so unfathomable, that an imperfect girl might be perfectly loved?

Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

Forgive me, Your Grace. Are you suggesting a woman is some sort of … piece of fruit to you? One squeeze, and you know if she’s ripe?

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.

What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going to be ugly.

Time is not made of atoms to manipulate it back.

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.

My different personalities leave me in peace now.

I tried to put myself up for adoption several times.

My nipples could cut glass.

Theology is Classified Superstition.

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.

Failure is part of success.

It's so important that we say 'I can see his point of view and I can see his point of view'.

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . not simply working from the given, but toward the given, saying the unsayable and steadily asking, "What do I really feel about this?