Black Girls Must Have It All Quotes

“Uncomfortable is when you know what needs to be done. It's just not the thing you most want to do. Uncomfortable doesn't feel good, but at least you know what's supposed to happen. But whew, hard?" Her hands flew up to the sides of head, as if to protect her temples from a flood of memories. "Hard is when you have no idea what needs to be done, or how to do it. And no idea how you're going to make it through.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“That woman I left behind, it's like you picked her up and took those dreams further than I ever imagined I could go.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“But to a new mother, that cry from my child? It’s nothing less than a wailing siren that activates every cell in my body, dragging my psyche to the brink. Nothing can get in the way of stopping that cry. Nothing.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“If you can learn to welcome change, dance with it, even, you’ll learn the steps. You can follow any lead—you can let go with a smile and enjoy the thrill.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“Just make the decision you can live with, one that gives you peace.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“If you can learn to welcome change, dance with it, even, you'll learn the steps." You can follow any lead—you can let go with a smile and enjoy the thrill.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“You never know what's going to come up or what you'll have to confront. But don't think your journey should be easy just. because you don't have larger problems.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All

“It never got old, the recognition of silent victory witnessing hair like mine in spaces that we’d always been told it didn’t belong.”
― Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Have It All