A Taste of Honey Quotes

“In the resolved quiet of the heart it was possible to say "Give up; it's done," but in practice, hopelessness was too bitter wine for drinking day after day. One would steal a little sip of sweetness and wonder, "What if...?”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey

“The likeliest outcome is that you win your love for just a little while, and then regret his loss forever.”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey

“Most would only ever guess at who and what was most precious to them-up until the day of loss: then they'd know-and most would also have to guess at why and how, or what might have been. They could never truly know, not as one who'd lived both paths, seen two lives. That crazed noise was his own laughter.”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey

“Sleepily blinking his eyes, Aqib watched this virile spectacle and thought, Sweet Saints, how I wish that glorious man were mine own lover for me alone to love.”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey

“Most would only ever guess at who and what was most precious to them-up until the day of loss: then they'd know-and most would also have to guess at why and how, or what might have been. They could never truly know, not as one who'd lived both paths, seen two lives.”
― Kai Ashante Wilson, A Taste of Honey