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“CAN YOU TURN THAT OFF, GRANDMA?’ I shouted down. ‘YOU KNOW I AM STRUGGLING.’ There was a long pause. ‘Who yuh tink yuh talking to?’ my grandmother shouted back. ‘Yuh tink say you can be DJ inna my house cause of a man?”

Funny Humour Heartbreak Patois Sad Songs

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“That’s the thing about people who love to play devil’s advocate!’ I shouted. ‘There’s no emotional involvement in it for you, there’s nothing at stake!”

Men Politics Debate Devils Advocate Liberal Men

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“Actually, no man is as funny as me or any woman I’ve ever met.”

Men Funny Women Comedy Feminism Jokes

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“[W]hen my little girl was born, I put my finger in her tiny hand, and she opened her eyes and squeezed it so tightly. And I looked at her, and I realized that she was more powerful than any delicate princess I'd read about. I'd just given birth to a queen. A girl who would grow up to be strong and brave. So I called her Queenie.”

Mothers Queen Daughters Naming

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“Being brave isn’t the same as being okay.”

Bravery Mental Health Mental Illness

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“It's not putting black lives on a pedestal, I don't even know what that means," I said, my heart beating fast. "It's saying that black lives, at this point, and historically, do not, and have not mattered, and that they should!" I looked first at Gina, then around the room to see if anyone was going to back me up. Instead, I was met with what I'd been trying to pretend hadn't always been a room full of white not-quite-liberals whose opinions, like their money, had been inherited.”

Black Lives Matter Blm Blacklivesmatter

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“My eyes must spend at least fifty per cent of any given day rolled to the back of my head.”

Funny Humour Sarcasm British Humour

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“Sleep paralysis is a strange thing. I'd had dozens of episodes at university when I'd take naps, and when I looked at it, read that's something about the brain being disrupted and waking up before the body, which is why you can't move when you're hallucinating that there's a faceless man climbing across the floor towards you.”

Sleep Paralysis

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie

“Is this what growing into an adult woman is—having to predict and accordingly arrange for the avoidance of sexual harassment?”

Sexism Rape Culture Sexual Harassment

Book:Queenie

Source: Queenie