The 19th Hole Quotes

“don’t you ever let a room full of people who couldn’t last ten minutes in your shoes make you believe you ain’t built for this.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“You came in here talking about legacy,” he said, “but Black love is part of that too. Our people ain’t survive on land alone. They survived because they held each other. They survived because when one person was about to fall, the other one lifted them…you forgot that part.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Faith without works was dead, but a praying Black woman was a cheat code. God wrote the world with her in mind, her children were destined for beauty, strength, and royalty. If she covered you daily, it wasn’t a matter of if you rose, only when. Her prayers traveled like lightning, hitting every closed door until it opened. When she claimed you, the heavens rearranged themselves to make space for your name.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“talent that fragile never lasts.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“You gon’ ruin me,” he whispered. “No,” she breathed back, lips hovering over his. “I’m gon’ rebuild you.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“You know what the 19th hole is?” Meadow shook her head. “No. What is it?” Zaire looked over at her. “It’s the part after the game, after all the pressure…after you done givin’ everything you got and it still ain’t enough or it was more than enough.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“That and, pain got a sound even when it’s quiet.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Because you holding too much,” he spoke softly, “and sometimes laughter hits lighter than tears.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“That you move like somebody who’s been carrying everybody,” he continued. “And sometimes people who carry everybody need somebody to hold them for a minute.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“But most of love…is showing up when you got every reason to disappear.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Don’t just flirt with her…don’t just take her to the city. You lift some of that weight…you steady her…you make life easier, not harder…that’s for any Black woman. They deserve to just be big ol’ soft barrels of cotton.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“You give these people all this talent… don’t give them your spirit too.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“I just like to make sure whoever I feed can handle the meal.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Go be something... Foot on necks and never let up.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“He nodded, still fucking with her and that redundant question she liked to repeat. “That you move like somebody who’s been carrying everybody,” he continued. “And sometimes people who carry everybody need somebody to hold them for a minute.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Aye cuh, my name is Zaire…I know that shit too Black for y’all little dick muthafuckas but call me by my Black ass name.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“When love shows up”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“If you love her”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“I want you to stop carrying everything alone just ‘cause the world told you nobody would carry you.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“I’m a Black man… I was created to carry you. Let me do what I was created to do.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“People think love is big moments - weddings, kids, anniversaries. All that frilly shit. But most of love…is showing up when you got every reason to disappear.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Life don’t stop because it gets too loud for you. You gotta squeeze joy out wherever you can find it.”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole

“Let me tell you somethin’ I told my daughter once…the world gon’ talk. That’s what the world does. You can’t stop it. But you can pick where you want to stand when the noise hits. You got two choices”
― Evelyn Latrice, The 19th Hole