It's sad to think that we've gotten to this that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But what's even sadder is that some men make you feel guilty for looking.
Terry McMillan
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Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one
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It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.
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Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy -- if not less of it -- doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.
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I wrote the book in order to give myself permission
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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He has lost his (expletive) mind if he thinks I'm going to let him walk off into the sunset with my (expletive) money.
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
It's the deception and when you think you are dealing with someone you think you can trust.
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I like to think of what happens to characters in good novels and stories as knots--things keep knotting up. And by the end of the story--readers see an unknotting of sorts. Not what you expect, not the easy answers you get on TV, not wash and wear philosophies, but a reproduction of believable, emotional experiences.
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My stories are character driven.
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There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.
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I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.
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