Jerricka

“happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!”
― Terry McMillan, A Day Late and a Dollar Short

“You don’t wanna tell Menace about us like he yo’ fucking Daddy… you the one that stands in the way of this.”
― Jahquel J., Capri 3

“Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don't think it's any of that — it's helpless ... it's absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers ... and anger doesn't provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever."

[Interview with CBS radio host Don Swaim, September 15, 1987.]”
― Toni Morrison

“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple