“Like the Bermuda triangle, she swallowed her victims whole.” — Brandi L. Bates Bermuda triangle Copy Share Image
“Most people don't have real friends. You have people in your life waiting for opportunities to see what YOU can do for… — Brandi L. Bates Authors Copy Share Image
“The greatest minds are like film, they take the negatives and develop themselves in darkness...” — Brandi L. Bates Darkness Copy Share Image
“Fruit falls when you shake the tree. You have to keep making things happen.” — Brandi L. Bates Beauty Copy Share Image
“Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.” — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“His ruby red rimmed moist eyes were two glasses of cranberry. He wore a cashmere sweater the color of Earl Grey tea...” — Brandi L. Bates Adversity Copy Share Image
“The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win… — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“Sometimes transitional periods in life leave you feeling like a great big jumble of loose, split ends.” — Brandi L. Bates Adversity Copy Share Image
“Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas?” — Brandi L. Bates Achievement Copy Share Image
“Everyone's life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remove the veil.” — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“Wind as old as Rome outside my window, inky fleece clouds against charcoal crushed velvet skies, fall feels soulful, like a LaBelle… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“Raw Living: Picking blackberries, beneath late afternoon sun; a sunset reminiscent of watermelon sangria, as the scent of honeysuckle accosts me and… — Brandi L. Bates Afternoon sun Copy Share Image
“The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a… — Brandi L. Bates Brandi-bates Copy Share Image
“Like caterpillars our metamorphosis begins with what comes from our mouth. Caterpillars spin silk cocoons from the mouth. We speak life or… — Brandi L. Bates Brandi-bates Copy Share Image
“I will Basquiat the canvas of your body like a Broadway Junction wall…and Gordon Parks you for those dark midnights when your… — Brandi L. Bates Basquiat Copy Share Image
“Your skin reminds me of everything beautiful I've ever loved... how the moon gets jealous at how you mock her crescent figure… — Brandi L. Bates Boys Copy Share Image
“You and those shot-glass eyes, deep swirling pools of 80-proof firewater, with the depth and profundity of Saturn’s spinning pulsars…” — Brandi L. Bates Brandi-bates Copy Share Image
“When my son speaks of playing sports, I've always told him: playing on the team is great, but aspire to be the… — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“David’s mouth dripped open slowly. He stood with his heels dug into my carpet, a dashed hope, a broken dream. No amount… — Brandi L. Bates Blues Copy Share Image
“He was miles past middle age with a gut that housed ample good meals. A patch of silver hair formed a trail… — Brandi L. Bates Baldness Copy Share Image
“We've developed algorithms for orgasms, broken it down to a science, I spell out equations on the small of your back, your… — Brandi L. Bates Calculus Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be around people who accept me as is, in my unrefined state of becoming. I consistently want people… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“THE NEXT DAY WAS RAIN-SOAKED and smelled of thick sweet caramel, warm coconut and ginger. A nearby bakery fanned its daily offerings.… — Brandi L. Bates Astrology Copy Share Image
“On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of… — Brandi L. Bates African-american-authors Copy Share Image
“thighs made of hymns, I read 'em like I'm reading runes. Now tell me where my future lies...your neck, can I Savion… — Brandi L. Bates Hymns Copy Share Image
Do little things every day that no one else seems to want to do, be patient, and success will find you — Brandi L. Bates Business Copy Share Image
“A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.” — Brandi L. Bates Authors Copy Share Image
“can't even sleep through the night without you and those sun-dried ginger ale complected limbs crocheted into my thighs...” — Brandi L. Bates Brandi-bates Copy Share Image
“Understand: I don't ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater...in all things, in all… — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“Unapologetically smitten with thunderstorms...the thought of rough sex beneath an acid washed moon and hydrated stars...” — Brandi L. Bates Astronomy Copy Share Image
“Lowkey punchdrunk off this Sangria-sweet love and all it’s prodigious trappings…” — Brandi L. Bates Alcohol Copy Share Image
“Pain speaks louder than words ever could. Like most things it serves as both messenger and a symbol.” — Brandi L. Bates Brandi-l-bates Copy Share Image
“No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.” — Brandi L. Bates Affluence Copy Share Image
“Successful people replace the words “wish”, “should” and “try” with “I will”.” — Brandi L. Bates Success Copy Share Image
