The House of Eve Quotes

“And this trip downtown had shown me that we even had to fight for what should have been free: our dignity.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“I turned my fork over on my plate wondering why it was always my responsibility to worry over what grown men might be thinking.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Knowing about racism and being abused by its wrath were two different things.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Stay poor like the rest of us, or climb, scratch and claw like hell to get out.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Eleanor’s own mother had always told her that it was important for women to have a separate stash set aside in case of a rainy day.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“The way to a healthy marriage is to hold on to those pieces that make you you.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Potential without focus and full commitment bears no fruit.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“You don’t care because you don’t have to, Shimmy. You live in a beautiful safe bubble, and the world says I don’t belong there.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Can’t let nobody steal your joy, sweetness, or you gon’ live a miserable life.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Can’t let nobody steal your joy, sweetness, or you gon’ live a miserable life. I done seen it. You show that ignorant woman by getting your education. Keep your eye on the prize. Forget about her.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“I was simply using my connections and resources to give you both what I knew you wanted most in the world. To start a family.” “Why didn’t you just tell me? Why go behind my back?” “Because I knew that if you knew it had been my idea you would have rejected it.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“My grandmother, Birdie, was born a slave. Her white father owned an infamous slave jail in Richmond”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“There are no good girls gone wrong—just bad girls found out. —Mae West”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“she said and then made her way out the door, leaving her signature scent of Chanel No. 5 in her wake.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Music had a way of soothing Eleanor’s soul,”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Sometimes there are no words to help one’s courage. Sometimes you just have to jump. —Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“You know fashion is my forte.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Eleanor had always felt most at ease when things were categorized, neat and organized.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“She reeked of money, dressed in the most eye-catching clothes and carried herself like she was the prima donna of Howard.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“To paint was to breathe easy. When I picked up my brush, all my problems magically washed away.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Aunt Marie was known to settle problems with the .22 she kept on the floor beneath the couch,”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“But I’m broke as a joke girl until next Friday.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“the four of us girls from the attic room.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Got no business all up in my man’s face. Stay in a child’s place.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“They will take the child and place it in a loving home with wonderful parents.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Should have thought about all this before you gave away your milk for free.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Whatcha in a rush for? Big Daddy got everything you need right here.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“Stockings are suggestive. Don’t want you walking around here advertising yourself, making these men think you ripe for the picking.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve

“My grandma Nene always said that early was on time, on time was late, and late was unacceptable. Fatty was unacceptably late again.”
― Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve