The Revelation of Dionne Daphne Quotes

“I’ve been subconsciously scared of ever being abused again, so I just gave guys what they wanted so they wouldn’t take it.”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“we’ve been pretending so long that we are an upstanding Black family that I have this odd feeling my stepfather has no memory of what he did to me, which in turn makes me wonder if it happened at all. This is the betrayal of memory, and the casualty of hiding your pain so well you can’t find the evidence when you need to prove you paid for it many times.”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“said.”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“Whether society admits it or not”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“Don’t fall. Some days the work is just standing,”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“But you must know that God is always with you. That no matter what storms come, you have the strength to make it through any test you going through.”
― Mara Brock Akil, The Revelation of Dionne Daphne

“My father's religion has acted as a bufger between him and the world, I realize. Reject the trappings of a middle-class life as hollow, even sinful, and suddenly you're off the hook from the perseverance, persistence, and grit necessry to acheive that life. Free from needing to compete with others for your rightful place in society. He couldn't stand as a man in the wider world, so he chose to encase his family in a subculture where he could feel like a big man.”
― Mara Brock Akil , The Revelation of Dionne Daphne