Bythemark Quotes & Sayings

It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question how 'down' I am because of the bleak, stereotypical picture pop culture has painted for me as a black woman? Unacceptable. — Issa Rae

On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it. — Jessica Ennis

Politicians - power itself - are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives. One should be grateful to the politicians for accepting the abstractness of power, and ridding others of its burden. This inevitably kills them but they get their revenge by passing onto others the corpse of power. — Jean Baudrillard

Miya? What are you doing?"
I drop to my knees and hold my hands out to stop her.
"Murderer..." she whispers.
I shake my head, suddenly scared. "No..."
"Monster," she says, louder this time.
She swings the sword in a large arc, aiming for my head. I flinch away just as its sharp edge reaches my skin... — Dannielle Wicks

God always raises deliverers from among the people — Sunday Adelaja

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it. — Rumi

sure you're okay? That was a pretty nasty fall. — Colleen Hoover

Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence. — John Knowles

May you find grace to fulfil your dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita