Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

“I find, that, in general, alliances based on friendship are the only things that last. Not alliances based on words and letters.”

“We're sistas. We treat each other like sistas. That's the blessin'. That's the problem. We come together cause we're both bein' fucked over by the same people. We get close. And then we fall in love with each other cause us third world diva gals are beautiful and blessed like none other.”

“Do more than:Stop self-destructing. Save each other. Not have a nervous breakdown or six by twenty five. Decolonize our minds, our hair, our hearts. Transform into the phoenixes we were all meant to be.”

“I said I loved her. That was when all the problems started”