Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin. — Irina Shayk Copy Share Image
Even if you have dark skin. Don't be sad. 'Coz is hurts more to be skinless. — Sharlene05 Copy Share Image
Only black people act like dark skin & light skin are two different races.. — Christian Heggs Copy Share Image
Dark skin women are so beautiful and I feel like people forget. Real talk. — Goldlink Copy Share Image
“It occurred to them for the first time in their lives that what's divine can come in dark skin.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Copy Share Image
I just loved makeup. My mother loved it as well - and was obsessed by the fact that we couldn't find any… — Pat McGrath Copy Share Image
I saw the things that my sister went through - she's dark skinned - with boys not considering her attractive in her… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“Team Light Skin? No. Team Dark Skin? No. Team Brown Skin? No. TEAM MELANIN… Black Women and Black Girls are Exquisite Beauty… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“I wonder how anyone could think I’m too dark, when my skin is a declaration of how much the sun is in… — I.S. Jones Copy Share Image
Yeah, racist people look at me like I'm a martian, Check the card, yeah my money lookin dark skinned, Tell the bank… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I have quite dark skin, and when I had my son, I suffered quite bad pigmentation; I had dark patches on my… — Louise Nurding Copy Share Image
In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]...… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
“No, I’m NOT Team Light Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Dark Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Brown Skin. I’m Team Melanin because… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs. "One rule in life", he… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I who have gone the gamut from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
My mother was my first and most important influence. When I was a little girl, she would take me shopping for pigments… — Pat McGrath Copy Share Image
When I was, like, 5 years old, I used to pray to have light skin because I would always hear how pretty… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
MYOB - mind your own body. It's important because I don't happen to have the kind of body that we usually see… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
“He’s going to get us all killed,” she said. Jesper stretched his long arms overhead and grinned, his teeth white against his… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Beyond them fly ships with names like Spirit of Lykos, Hope of Tinos, and Echo of Ragnar. They are painted white and… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
“Our arithmetic textbooks, which contained problems about speeding trains and leaky cisterns, should rightfully have included the following: how many tins of… — C.K. Meena Copy Share Image
I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Bonnie saw ropes hanging loose, poles falling away, tree-tops sinking beneath her. As they rose, the sun rose with them. Its warmth… — Pauline Fisk Copy Share Image
“His familiar husky voice sent a wave of wistfulness through me. A thousand memories spun in my head, tangling together- a rocky… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
As a kid, growin' up, I can't front, it was hard. I was just coming in from Africa. I was mad black.… — Akon Copy Share Image
“I wiped my eyes on my sleeve and jumped when I turned and found Ren’s brother standing behind me as a man.… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
“Calvin sits up, jerking his guitar to stand on one thigh. “Mr. Okai.” He swallows. “I didn’t realize you were standing there.”… — Christina Lauren Copy Share Image
“ On the Hunger Games Fan Race fail and the portrayal of POC in fantasy literature : It is as if the… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
“breath, life after seven decades plus three years is a lot of breathing. seventy three years on this earth is a lot… — Haki R. Madhubuti Copy Share Image
“Absently, she brushed back some of the hair from her face, and she saw as Jaguar's eyes followed how the long strands… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Copy Share Image
“To many persons around him, he appears too much the academic. There may be some things about him that recall his beginnings—his… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“NOTE: The character of Aoleon is deaf. This conversation takes place in the book via sign language... “Feeling a certain kind of… — S.H. Robinson Copy Share Image
“He did not appear to be a very tall man; what I could see of legs seemed stumpy, though heavily muscled. His… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image