The Right Swipe Quotes

“Every time you hurt someone, you break off a little piece of them. Not only do they have to live with that broken piece, then the next person who comes along has to figure out a way to spackle that spot. Your behavior has ripple effects.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“It's not a weakness to take care of yourself. Asking for and taking what you need to function should never be considered a weakness.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“No one's universally liked. Beyoncé isn't universally liked. Has that stopped her? No. Be like Beyoncé.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Trust is the only reason the world ever functions as it should. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't, and I know that uncertainty is scary, but that's the only way you figure out who your closet people are.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Nobody spoke enough about how much bodies could be starved for platonic affection. She knew she gave off strong Do Not Touch vibes, but she needed occasional hugs too.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“I have glitter in my hair.”

Tina grimaced. “Uh, yes. Would you like me to...”

“Help me remove the herpes of crafts from my hair?”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“The people I loved, I chose wisely. When I did reach out, they were right there.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“It was so much easier to write people off. Much harder to navigate the gray areas of interpersonal relationships.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Well, if it’s helped, that’s great, but I wouldn’t advise you to use every snippet I said to you as a child in your adult life. Half the time, I was throwing stuff at the wall in the hopes it would keep you balanced and well-grounded in that school full of toxic assholes.” “What?” “I hate to admit this, but I don’t know everything.” Sonya drained her glass of whiskey in one shot and made a face. “Do you have any idea what it’s like, to be the mother of a prodigy? To know your child is brilliant and destined for greatness but will still have to work four times as hard as people with a fraction of her intelligence? I was furious when your classmates were rough on you, but I figured my job was to keep you calm and focused and not let you lose this opportunity. I couldn’t let you be angry, or at the very least, I couldn’t let you show that anger. Because then you would be that angry Black girl, and everyone would dismiss your intelligence or worse, suppress everything that makes you you. So I—” She stopped, and inhaled sharply. “I guess I suppressed you. My God. I’m so sorry. This is all my fault.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“It’s not a weakness to take care of yourself. Asking for and taking what you need to function should never be considered a weakness.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“That’s fine. We do only the things we’re capable of doing”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Infants were like a ball of cheeks and rolls held together with drool, but they were surprisingly sturdy.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“I couldn’t let you be angry, or at the very least, I couldn’t let you show that anger. Because then you would be that angry Black girl, and everyone would dismiss your intelligence or worse, suppress everything that makes you you.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Find me the empty soul who doesn’t get emotional over While You Were Sleeping.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Every time you hurt someone, you break off a little piece of them.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Sometimes, good people make mistakes. It costs you nothing to hear someone out.” “No. It does cost you something.” Because if you believed that person when you heard them out, and then they betrayed you, you ended up doubly hurt. Easier to give people one shot.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“I am not easy to hurt. I am a stone cold bitch when it comes to men. No rose-colored glasses here.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“My sister, she’s one tough bitch. That’s what I tell my friends.”
“I’m a bit concerned you called me a bitch to your friends.”
Gabe chuckled. “Only in a good way. You’re an alpha. But alphas need to rest. And they need to recoup. And they need to cry and be vulnerable and take a break from taking care of everyone.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“A woman with a hair bow that jaunty she's a fighter."
He mulled that over. "You think pepper spray would work on zombies and ghouls?"
"Open membranes are open membranes, son”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“She didn't trust that hope wasn't coloring their interpretation of what had happened. There wasn't a more optimistic creature in the world, than a person who wanted to believe someone hadn't treated them like shit.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“Unless you’re a man who ghosted me at some point, in which case I am explicitly not thanking you and send you no love, I assume you’re dead, it’s the only explanation for your disappearance. Peace.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“You said you were the only one who could protect your heart, but I’m going to protect the hell out of your heart.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“You walked for your friend.” Do not let that melt your cold dead heart.

But as much as she might wish otherwise, her heart was neither cold nor dead, so there it went. Melting into a puddle.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

“I’m not much of a sports ball person. Let’s agree to not talk about it too much.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe