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> [“She always felt nervous around strange men, even though she’d known the man who’d hurt her. If a man who knew you could hurt you, who knew what a man who didn’t might do?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/she-always-felt-nervous-around-strange-men-even-though-she-d-known/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

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## More by Brit Bennett

> [“She always felt nervous around strange men, even though she’d known the man who’d hurt her. If a man who knew you could hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/she-always-felt-nervous-around-strange-men-even-though-she-d-known/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“but somehow, his seeing her afraid was an intimacy she could not bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/but-somehow-his-seeing-her-afraid-was-an-intimacy-she-could-not-bear/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“If you couldn't know the person whose body was your first home, then who could you ever know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/if-you-couldn-t-know-the-person-whose-body-was-your-first-home-then/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“Could you be nostalgic for a friendship that wasn't over yet or did the fact that you were nostalgic mean that it already was?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/could-you-be-nostalgic-for-a-friendship-that-wasn-t-over-yet-or-did/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“These were the moments when adulthood was formed, not a birthday but the realization that she was now the one pouring a handful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/these-were-the-moments-when-adulthood-was-formed-not-a-birthday-but/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“Would they ever spend time like that together again? Could you be nostalgic for a friendship that wasn’t over yet or did the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/would-they-ever-spend-time-like-that-together-again-could-you-be/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“magic you wanted was a miracle, magic you didn’t want was a haunting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/magic-you-wanted-was-a-miracle-magic-you-didn-t-want-was-a-haunting/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“After all, before you could play a song, you had to learn each note of the scale. A newspaper article was made up of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/after-all-before-you-could-play-a-song-you-had-to-learn-each-note-of/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“Now they were slow and deliberate, the way hurt people loved, stretching carefully just to see how far their damaged muscles could go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/now-they-were-slow-and-deliberate-the-way-hurt-people-loved/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“that type of secret, although, we have to admit, it had felt different. Tasted different too. All good secrets have a taste before you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/that-type-of-secret-although-we-have-to-admit-it-had-felt-different/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“That’s the problem with you brothas,” Bill said. “You got lazy. You know why? Because you know these young sistas will pick up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/that-s-the-problem-with-you-brothas-bill-said-you-got-lazy-you-know/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“She felt the sly type of racism here, longer waits for tables, white girls who expected her to walk on the slushy part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/she-felt-the-sly-type-of-racism-here-longer-waits-for-tables-white/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“Bones, like anything else, strong until they weren’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/bones-like-anything-else-strong-until-they-weren-t/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“Why can’t you just be yourself?” Stella asked once. “Maybe I don’t know who that is,” her daughter shot back. And Stella understood, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/why-can-t-you-just-be-yourself-stella-asked-once-maybe-i-don-t-know/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

> [“She refused to let him bury his guilt in her. She would not be a burying place for any man again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-bennett/she-refused-to-let-him-bury-his-guilt-in-her-she-would-not-be-a/)

[Brit Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-bennett/)

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