“Better he learns now that if you mess with people, you might get messed with in return.”
“Drugs?""Rituals. Are you messing around with drugs?""No. But maybe rituals.""Drugs might be better.”
“Shane: "Our whole lives are in a mess right now, and I don't know how to fix it."Alyssa: "It'll get better, I promise."Shane: "You can't promise that...”
“Mess with the dragon, you get the horns!”
“Well, they asked for it," Essie said. "People should learn not to mess with the Black women.”
“See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”