I Finally Bought Some Jordans Quotes

“I didn’t want to be so easily triggered anymore by someone else’s failure to change. I didn’t want to be so fixated on something I could never fix. I also could stand to even give him grace.”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

“I recognize that I’m not getting any younger, but I prefer peace before partnership.”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays – Hilarious and Sharp Stories About Race, Class, and Dating by a Black Creative Voice

“If you're going to write me for years about my fucked up teeth, at least give me a referral for an orthodontist!”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

“I’m so glad I did not give into my anger. Later, I had to be reminded that those are his choices to make and his consequences to live with. I can only control my emotions. My leaving was my effort to go back to the calmer space I prefer my life to stay in.”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays

“California sells itself as some liberal bastion, but I have always thought of the place as more like a stuck-up version of Texas.”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays – Hilarious and Sharp Stories About Race, Class, and Dating by a Black Creative Voice

“A lot of the homophobia in Black communities here and abroad can be traced to the contributions from white Evangelicals. Black people get a bad rap because of who is often in control of the narrative.”
― Michael Arceneaux, I Finally Bought Some Jordans: Essays – Hilarious and Sharp Stories About Race, Class, and Dating by a Black Creative Voice