“I used to bookmark relationships, hoping to pick up where I left off when I returned.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Bookmark Copy Share Image
“The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Art Copy Share Image
“Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“As long as I don’t give you a reason to love me, you shouldn’t.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Intelligence Copy Share Image
“In her attempt to make me a good man, I made her a bad woman.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“Words have never belonged to those who wrote them. Always to those who needed then.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Language Copy Share Image
“i have friends who know everything there is to know about life except how to enjoy it” — Darnell Lamont Walker Friends Copy Share Image
“It's painful fighting for freedom. Freedom has demands. To begin, we must admit we're slaves.” — Darnell Lamont Walker African american Copy Share Image
“Audacity and collaboration aren’t just luxuries—they’re necessities. No matter who you are, daring to dream boldly and building alongside others will always… — Darnell Lamont Walker Audacity Copy Share Image
“You're not allowed to raise boys who reject all things feminine, then get upset when they become men who hate women.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Boyhood Copy Share Image
“We find our own truth serums. we confess willingly, but only if we are able to blame it on something or someone… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“i don't believe the world will end, but i believe stones will wear away. so i don't care what you place on… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“I didn’t mean to snore in your ear, but I wanted to inhale all of what was wrapped up in the comforter… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“What if "redemption" means not only freeing yourself from what you've done, but also from what's been done to you?” — Darnell Lamont Walker Freedom Copy Share Image
“We have enough proof that, at least my generation does, that patriarchy and matriarchy are gender-less roles.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Gender Copy Share Image
“i hope god isn't always watching - there are a few things i want to surprise him with - you being one… — Darnell Lamont Walker God Copy Share Image
“You can do it, too. You're just afraid of what others are gonna say about you. Build your audacity.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“What their scorned, over-fucked mothers never teach them is this: men can be hurt, too.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Daughters Copy Share Image
“Anyone and anything can survive the daylight. It's night that's the hardest to live.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Daylight Copy Share Image
“You don't get to turn someone's sanctuary into an unsafe space.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Church Copy Share Image
“Watching the summer close is like watching a good kid die for no apparent reason.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Death Copy Share Image
“The sun might be God. God might not watch us at night.” — Darnell Lamont Walker God Copy Share Image
“The only thing they've ever wanted, every relationship, was someone i wasn't.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Relationship Copy Share Image
“You were only there to be a healer. A fixer. To prepare them for the next love. Not yours.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Breaking up Copy Share Image
“I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knock them down.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Relationships Copy Share Image
“It’s AUDACITY and TENACITY that will get you there. TALENT is least important.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Audacity Copy Share Image
“Hater" and "hate" are used when no critical thought can be formed. We can definitely do better.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Critical-thought Copy Share Image
“none of my art is based on how others think i should have done it.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Art Copy Share Image
“Being an intellectual among intellectuals means nothing. There must be more.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Intellectual Copy Share Image
“My relationships failed because i never showed up to the wars i didn't feel like fighting.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Relationship Copy Share Image
“My attraction to heavy church-goers has more to do with me wanting to see who'd win the fight; me or god” — Darnell Lamont Walker Attraction Copy Share Image
“I don’t need to tell her I love her, but I do it anyway.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Love Copy Share Image
“I wish I didn’t need words to speak to her. They sometimes hold very different meanings for us both.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“We were murdered so often, I started believing Black bodies made better fertilizer.” — Darnell Lamont Walker America Copy Share Image
“Everyone gets broken. Everyone. Some grow stronger in those breaks. Others never recover.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“It was once necessary to go from somebody to nothing to become everything.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Achievement Copy Share Image
“I'm silent when there is a war inside me. There's a need to keep the people outside intact.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Internal conflict Copy Share Image
“My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Brain Copy Share Image
“You raise boys to reject everything feminine then get mad when they become men who hate women.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Boys Copy Share Image