“I don't want to regret anything with you.”
Source: The Mourning After
“Oh, baby." He kissed me softly. "Thank you, for bringing me back to life. For making this beat." He put a hand to his heart. "It beats for you, and them.”
Source: Light in Mourning
“You know how hot it makes me when you're angry, babe. You kicked his ass. You threw the first punch. I'm hard as a fucking rock right now.”
Source: Light in Mourning
“...when she kissed me, she left me breathless. But it shouldn't have been a surprise, because every day since she'd entered my life a year ago, she'd been stealing my breath.”
Source: Light in Mourning
“The morning heat had already soaked through the walls, rising up from the floor like a ghost of summers past.”
Source: Riverside Blues
“She's beautiful, and since you're a manwhore-”
Source: Light in Mourning
“Pastor Pauline has also joined the Women Like Me Community, and many of the Women in her Church have written books whose proceeds go back to them, helping with desperately needed food and supplies.”
Source: Women Like Me: Kenyan Mothers Speak
“...the second thing my brain registered was this girl was trouble wrapped up in psycho.”
Source: Light in Mourning
“Jesus, Georgia. I'm going to fucking come before I'm even inside you.”
Source: Light in Mourning
“For as long as she can remember, telling stories has been her momma's gift to those around her, fables filled with rich, detailed accounts of gods and monsters, of love and curses. She can weave a tale from Spanish moss and moonlight that will make a young girl's heart resonate with yearning or weep with anguish. Her coastal Georgia roots add a dark sweetness to all her narratives, one that stains her stories with sorrow like a drop of molasses dissolving in warm butter.”
Source: An Untold Want