Friends don’t build cages for each other.

Just saying, things ain't always bad just 'cause you don't understand 'em or ain't like 'em. That's like thinking anybody who's smarter or faster is dangerous just 'cause they got more brains or quicker feet. Ain't fair. Peeps can't help how they're born.

We were watching Barrons. Why were you watching Barrons? Barrons needs watching.

When he comes, he makes a noise deep in his throat that is so raw and animal and sexual that I think if he merely looked at me and made that noise, I might explode in an orgasm.

It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.

Holy water at my wrists and behind my ears; my version of Eau de Don'tbiteme

And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in my hands and hold it.