Butterfly 3 Quotes

“Same as love. You can’t hate a man without loving him first. Hate is just disappointed love, Mo,” Alani said.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“If he loved you that well, you would have chosen him,” Ethic said. “You never did. So he might love you. In fact, I believe that he does. I’ve seen him with you, with your kids. A man who loves on kids like that when they aren’t his can only have infinite love for their mother. So yeah, the nigga loves you, Mo, but how about you? You love him the same? Or you shortchanging that man so you can keep a little saved up for Messiah, cuz if that’s the case, you ain’t all the way right either.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“I’ma let you go. You got a wedding to plan and all,” Messiah said with a scoff as he caressed his lips, his lips that still tasted like her. “But yo, while you at it, plan a funeral too, shorty. You gon’ need a black dress that day, because the day I watch you walk down the aisle to that lame-ass nigga is the day he takes his last breath.” Messiah kissed the”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“They’re yours, Messiah,” she said. “I tried to tell you. I tried to call you a thousand times, but you just left. The twins. Messari and Yara. They’re yours. They’re ours.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“Well, when you’re ready, you know I’m here. Don’t wait too long, or I’ma force the issue. If you’re bothered, I’m bothered, Mo, and when I’m bothered, I’ma see about you. You got me?”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“You can’t rush her transformation, son. Every man who has ever tried to do that to any woman has been left disappointed.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“It was Messiah, man. After the L I took on the truck that was robbed, he said he would give me a better split if he was back over seventy-five. Said he needed you out the way, though. Told me to get at everybody you love and clear the throne so he could get his seat back. He replaced the money I lost.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“He sent me at you, and everybody know how you feel about her. Weaken the king, then kill him. We were supposed to hit everybody you fuck with. He never named her, but she’s first when it comes to you.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“Don’t run around tangling yourself up in temporary flings thinking it’s going to replace somebody that made you think about forever.”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3

“So I hate him, and I mean it this time.” “Same as love. You can’t hate a man without loving him first. Hate is just disappointed love, Mo,”
― Ashley Antoinette, Butterfly 3