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81 " We have to care what someone thinks of us. We are incapable of seeing ourselves [sometimes]. "
― Darnell Lamont Walker
82 " Home is where you were conditioned. "
83 " the price you pay for opening your eyes is the easy life you can no longer have. but it becomes worth it. "
84 " I have to believe in reincarnation. believing that I'll be in one place forever is a hell in itself. "
85 " Because when the night gets here, I’ll be the youngest I’ll ever be again, so I will laugh and celebrate relative youth. "
86 " America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full. "
87 " They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American. "
88 " The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil. "
89 " Racism in impenetrable. Staying in America means always fighting. For our own sanity and safety, we must go. "
90 " America. Where property damage is a greater offense than genocide. "
91 " I wonder if she’s infatuated enough to let me lock her in a box with me on a cool fall day and make love like America depends on us. "
92 " You don't get to turn someone's sanctuary into an unsafe space. "
93 " A Black church that isn't inherently revolutionary is irrelevant. "
94 " I have yet to go through a struggle I didn't smile at later. "
95 " But you have to sacrifice yourself for YOURSELF, too. "
96 " It was once necessary to go from somebody to nothing to become everything. "
97 " If they knew how much you kept inside to keep from hurting them, but hurting yourself instead, maybe they’d love you more. "
98 " I didn’t mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter with me. "
― Darnell Lamont Walker , Book of She
99 " My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep. "
100 " African-Amendment. "