The Bennet Women

by Eden Appiah-Kubi

for the magic to happen for you, you have to show up. It’s not going to come to your dorm room.’

“All I’m saying is with this Fields Fellowship, don’t reject it automatically because it doesn’t look appealing. Ask yourself: What do you want for your life? Can this help? Forget about your ego. Forget about Daddy, forget about your advisor. Really investigate if this fellowship can give you what you want. Especially if you’re thinking about going to grad school at any point. I can tell you right now, it’s easier to go to school than go back to school.”

“You wouldn’t be good to her, not now. Until you can say how you feel in a way that’s all about her, you need to say nothing at all.”

“They made it happen because it made us happy.”

“The world is not as altered as you think,” Maya added.

“I must admit I was not a big fan until a couple of months ago, when a certain person helped me see that underneath a whole lot of overblown production is a quite beautiful song. Then I listened to the lyrics and realized that they just about summed up our relationship.

here’s a thought: how about you get the hell out. I’ll forget about this pathetic attempt to intimidate me, pretend you weren’t even here. That way you won’t spoil your surprise, and I can go fuck my boyfriend.”

“You’ve got about five hundred miles of nerve,”

“if we don’t talk about the darkness, how are we going to find our way back to the campground . . . because we don’t have flashlights, or a map, or a way out of this metaphor?”

Talent can get you into the room, but it won’t help you stay; hard work can keep you in the room, but it won’t win you any prizes. To soar high, to get noticed, you must be consistently excellent.

I get to take a big step in my career, and I get to keep the woman I love.”