Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Tarana Burke

Quote by Tarana Burke

“You deserve safety. You deserve protection. You deserve love. You deserve peace. Breathe beloved. Let's do it together. Right now! Breathe in what I'm saying. Breathe out what you were thinking. We tell the world they don't have to be anything but themselves to be worthy. And then we work until the stress is about to kill us to prove our worth. It's not just you. It’s not just us. It's the paradox of deeply melanated women. But right now I need you to hear me, because if we are still alive, then there is still hope to beat this thing.”

Quote by Tarana Burke

Book:You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Create image

Work

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Tarana Burke

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Tarana Burke. more

You May Also Like

“These two had no real understanding of doing anything alone. They had come together at such a young age that they knew of no world but the one they inhabited alongside each other. But they were not twins. And they had no illusions that they were, despite what their mother pretended in polite company. Each one of the children knew how Hud had joined the family. June had always told the kids the story with a sense of awe and destiny. She told them sometimes wild circumstances help fate unfold. Jay and Hud. An apple and an orange. They did not have the same abilities or wear the same virtues. And yet, they still belonged side by side.”

AcceptanceEqualityInclusionAdoptionBiological Family
Book:Malibu Rising
Create image

“The reality is: there will always be more work. From our jobs and owning businesses, to being a manager of our families and our homes - there will always be more work. It never goes away. We never escape from the responsibilities that life presents us. But one of our main responsibilities should be ourselves, after all, there's only one of us anyway.”

InspirationalSelf HelpAcceptanceSelf AwarenessSelf CareBurnout
Book:The Art of Balancing Burnout
Create image