Ethic 3 Quotes

“I am woman and woman is beautiful. We are expected to be beautiful, so I will be what people don’t expect. They don’t expect intelligence, they don’t expect grace. I am strong, and even when others have the ability to physically overpower me, mentally, I am stronger. I am a queen on a throne, and a place next to me must be earned. When I find my king, his power doesn’t erase my own. My crown is not a man’s to repossess. I was born in regality. I am kind, but naivety does not dwell within me. I am woman. I am the origin. Everything begins and ends with me. No man is worthy of my worth. I cannot be bought. I will not sell myself short. I do not give discounts. I am woman. I demand respect. I respect my dignity. My presence is a revocable gift, rented with effort and good intention. I am woman.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“She could see the effects of what Lucas had done hanging onto Morgan. It was a part of her scars. Every woman had them, maybe not the same type, but women collected events in their lives that tarnished who they were.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“​“I am woman and woman is beautiful. We are expected to be beautiful, so I will be what people don’t expect. They don’t expect intelligence, they don’t expect grace. I am strong, and even when others have the ability to physically overpower me, mentally, I am stronger. I am a queen on a throne, and a place next to me must be earned. When I find my king, his power doesn’t erase my own. My crown is not a man’s to repossess. I was born in regality.  I am kind, but naivety does not dwell within me. I am woman. I am the origin. Everything begins and ends with me. No man is worthy of my worth. I cannot be bought. I will not sell myself short. I do not give discounts. I am woman. I demand respect. I respect my dignity. My presence is a revocable gift, rented with effort and good intention. I am woman.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“If a woman had even one complaint, one insecurity, one area in which she was unfulfilled, then her man wasn’t doing his part.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“I am woman and woman is beautiful. We are expected to be beautiful, so I will be what people don’t expect. They don’t expect intelligence, they don’t expect grace. I am strong, and even when others have the ability to physically overpower me, mentally, I am stronger. I am a queen on a throne, and a place next to me must be earned. When I find my king, his power doesn’t erase my own. My crown is not a man’s to repossess. I was born in regality.  I am kind, but naivety does not dwell within me. I am woman. I am the origin. Everything begins and ends with me. No man is worthy of my worth. I cannot be bought. I will not sell myself short. I do not give discounts. I am woman. I demand respect. I respect my dignity. My presence is a revocable gift, rented with effort and good intention. I am woman.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“am woman and woman is beautiful. We are expected to be beautiful, so I will be what people don’t expect. They don’t expect intelligence, they don’t expect grace. I am strong, and even when others have the ability to physically overpower me, mentally, I am stronger. I am a queen on a throne, and a place next to me must be earned. When I find my king, his power doesn’t erase my own. My crown is not a man’s to repossess. I was born in regality.  I am kind, but naivety does not dwell within me. I am woman. I am the origin. Everything begins and ends with me. No man is worthy of my worth. I cannot be bought. I will not sell myself short. I do not give discounts. I am woman. I demand respect. I respect my dignity. My presence is a revocable gift, rented with effort and good intention. I am woman.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“​“I understand how you were easily fooled. I’m not in the streets anymore. I’m not visible. You hear the stories, but then you meet the grown man and I’m raising three kids, fixing cars, going to PTA meetings and shit.” Ethic’s cheeks puffed, as he held smoke in his mouth. He tasted it, let it dance on his tongue, nodding before blowing it out. “I understand. None of that says I’ll kill your mama and fuck your bitch,” Ethic stated. “But make no mistake about it, nigga. I killed your mama and fucked your bitch.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“She’s even prettier up close. What kind of friend? Friend from where? You ain’t even that fucking friendly.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“I made the mistake of loving a man more than I loved myself and thinking that the measure of love he had for me would be more than enough. It never is. Self-love is the greatest love of all, Morgan”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“A woman didn’t nectar for a man that wasn’t meant to pick her fruit.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“A woman only hates a man as passionately as she loved him. I lost you.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“Young women went into love with the purpose of proving how true theirs could be. They measured their commitment by how much they could endure for a man. They would do anything asked and often even what hadn’t been asked to attempt to symbolize their allegiance. It wasn’t until after a woman knew herself did she establish parameters. It wasn’t until she was wiser did she determine that she was the prize and a man either had to love her within her limits or get out the way, so the next man could.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“Even if you don’t forgive him for the sake of him. Do it for you. Pick yourself up so you can live. You can’t heal and hate at the same time.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“I don’t know why men like you insist on going to war with me. I can never understand it. I’ve tried to leave this alone because it gets us nowhere as a people. Black men killing black men only strengthens our opponents,” Ethic schooled.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“titter”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“She was soaking wet. For him. Mine. The thought wasn’t arrogant…merely fact. A woman didn’t nectar for a man that wasn’t meant to pick her fruit.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“never too stubborn to apologize. Never too right to be wrong. Never too angry to love.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“forgiveness is for the strong. Be strong, baby,” Nannie said. “Even if you don’t forgive him for the sake of him. Do it for you. Pick yourself up so you can live. You can’t heal and hate at the same time.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“He was just a boy trying to be a man; but how could he do that without a blueprint?”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“In another world, some alternate universe, she would be his wife. Not this one, though. In this one, she was meant to pass through his life briefly and give him an experience that was full of passion, but not everlasting.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“I am in love with her. In love, YaYa. In. Submerged in. Dissolved in. Parts of her have melted into me so I couldn’t separate the sentiment from her on the darkest day. She’s in me. That means you and everybody else that was inside my heart before her had to get out,” Ethic explained. “The way I love her doesn’t leave room for anyone else.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“Black men killing black men only strengthens our opponents”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“It was the double standard that men lived by. They expected women to accept what they, themselves, would not.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“They’re ugly,” she whispered, as if she was making excuses for her body being exactly what it was supposed to be - a home for seeds to grow.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“You know I don’t think you can say you love someone until you love the darkest parts of them,” Ethic said. “It’s easy to love when everything is good, when everything feels easy. It’s the darkness that tests true love.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“Men and women were created in pairs and roamed the world searching for their match. Man was made to hunt, to find nourishment not only to feed the hunger in their bellies but the hunger in their souls.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3

“Young women went into love with the purpose of proving how true theirs could be. They measured their commitment by how much they could endure for a man. They would do anything asked and often even what hadn’t been asked to attempt to symbolize their allegiance. It wasn’t until after a woman knew herself did she establish parameters”
― Ashley Antoinette, Ethic 3