Orange Mint and Honey Quotes

“What is it with guys that they think their interest is such a compliment, that when they hit on you, no matter how crudely, they think they’re doing you such a big fat favor? No matter how young or how old or how ugly or broke down they are, they all seem to think they are the sun and truly expect any woman to bask in their glow.”
― Carleen Brice, Orange Mint and Honey

“I had read them and congratulated myself for being black, as if I had chosen to be, because black women were feminists before there was a name for it.”
― Carleen Brice, Orange Mint and Honey

“She was tall and stout with a firm jaw and a glossy platinum braid sitting on each shoulder. She was wearing denim overalls, a blue T-shirt, and lots of rings and gold bangle bracelets. I imagined her with one of those horned helmets that cartoon opera singers always wear. Nona’s very own Warrior Princess.”
― Carleen Brice, Orange Mint and Honey

“Everywhere I turned it seemed to be yelling “Be happy, damn it!” Like those guys who always insist on telling you to smile. Total strangers! Well, what if I didn’t feel like smiling? What if I didn’t have a good goddamn thing to be happy about?”
― Carleen Brice, Orange Mint and Honey

“Her hair was in two French braids, and she was wearing a blue-and-white flowered cotton pajama top, a necklace of large red beads, yellow denim shorts, yellow-and-mint green argyle socks, and pink flip-flops.”
― Carleen Brice, Orange Mint and Honey