Harlem Sunset Quotes

“You know how easy it was to get your little girlfriend to kiss me? I didn’t even like her. Louise was just so starved for affection, she’d do anything for anyone.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“I’d watch how you speak to me,” Martin said. “You know I could make your life complete hell. I could ruin you.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“You ruined my life with those photos. You ruined everything.” She couldn’t stop her voice from quaking as she spoke. “How much did you make?”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Louise had always known that Minna didn’t exactly agree with her choice of a lifestyle. Like their father, Minna believed there was one real way to live a life.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Right. Because why would she talk to me when she has you, the fun sister? The sister who indulges every one of her whims. She doesn’t need structure or anything when she has Louise!”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Mr. Schoonmaker is concerned for your safety, and I have to say, Miss Lloyd, I am too.” He was so serious, he seemed older than she’d thought he was.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“You are a mistake, Louise. I want you to know that. When I got the phone call telling me where you were? What people are saying about you? I am ashamed you are my daughter.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“What type of woman wouldn’t want to fulfill the duty she was put on this earth for? What woman would frequent those dens of sin, live with other women, wasting the best years you could have as a wife and a mother?”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“What was she supposed to say to the sister who had just tried to kill herself in front of her?”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Why don’t you try being normal for once? Normal girls don’t go around solving murders. They leave that to the police. You’re just a child playing a game.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Maybe I don’t need protection. I’m not some helpless little girl. You don’t have to save me.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“The things Louise would remember were the hurt and anger in Rosa Maria’s tone. Her eyes started to well with tears and she shut them before any could leak out.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Harriet had tasted like candy, and in the moments they were entwined, Louise had felt desire rush over her skin.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Louise got a particular sense of foreboding, something settling deep in the pit of her stomach. She had to look at her options, look at everything she had. And she didn’t want to doubt herself. But she had nothing else. If Rosa Maria hadn’t killed Nora, then who had?”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“had no reason to kill the Eye in the Sky, Lovie. I made a tidy profit with her. She was rather helpful.” He was grinning. This was a joke to him. Louise turned and he moved to grab her arm.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Louise hadn’t yet been helped, but she knew that she wouldn’t take precedence over the four white women currently milling around the store.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“She closed her eyes but didn’t try to fight them. She was tired of being strong all the time. She was tired of being the one everyone could lean on. Not that she was ungrateful. Just tired of it all. She wondered what it was like to have a normal life. She wondered what it was like not to be constantly needed.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Minna’s having a new baby. You live here. Everyone is pretending Celia never even existed. It’s not hard on anyone. It’s hard on me.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Louise stared at the drawer for a moment. She had a sinking feeling that Nora had been knee-deep in things Louise had no idea how to handle.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Just because I wanted something other than to be tied to one man for the rest of my life, because I wanted to see the world, I’m the one who made all the mistakes?”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“It was so hard to forget that everyone was replaceable. That there were hundreds of people lining up, waiting for someone to fall so they could take their place.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Rafael loved the occult, fancied himself a seer. Of course he thought he could hypnotize them.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“It felt like Harlem was choking her, suffocating her, squeezing the life from her one day at a time.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“New York City nightlife is different, louder. The entire culture is meant to be a secret, but the noise from various clubs is deafening.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset

“Still, there’s something to be envied about them. They’re carefree; the world is at their feet. And they have no idea.”
― Nekesa Afia, Harlem Sunset