The 19th Hole Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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