Black Women Authors Quotes

“While protesting in the street,
I am fighting for the rights of my community.
While navigating my community,
I am fighting to be loved.
What more do Black women have to sacrifice to be loved by Black men? To be seen as worthy of fighting for.
We have given everything.
What have you given in return, Beloved?
I cannot fight for you, and fight against you.
I cannot honor your spirit,
while you diminish mine.”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

“Whatever good you have to bring into the world will be beneficial and it will be more than enough.”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

“I want to be in spaces where I can just be: be myself, be all I am, be all I can be, be in my fullness and be in all my strengths, my weaknesses and my being”
― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave

“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best of my ability”
― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave

“To love is to be brave. To love is to operate in your natural state.”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant, Don't Fall Prey! Dating Tales, Trials, & Triumphs

“The road has not been easy, but you are still here. Still learning, but wiser; scarred, but healing; seeking the perfection and the beauty that is already yours.”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

“My focus is on progression, not perfection. My progression is already perfect -- unfolding as it should, when it should, according to divine alignment”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

“I am courageous because, despite it all, I still choose to love.”
― Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant, Don't Fall Prey! Dating Tales, Trials, & Triumphs