It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something… — Morgan Parker Black Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncé ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life. — Morgan Parker Ideas Copy Share Image
I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves. — Morgan Parker Freedom Copy Share Image
“I admired how perfectly matched they seemed to be, and I started to wonder about my own, personal definition of love. Had… — Morgan Parker Definition of love Copy Share Image
“Writers are always scrapping one word for a better one. Regular people just say stuff, they don't replace there words ever. Its… — Morgan Parker Language Copy Share Image
The book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as… — Morgan Parker Able Copy Share Image
We kind of have to rewrite our own stories and our own ways of being free. — Morgan Parker Being free Copy Share Image
“...Love isn't a heart condition. It's not even an emotional one. It's just a four-letter word we want to use when we… — Morgan Parker Life Copy Share Image
“A non-fucking fuck-friend, I guess. A non-friction friend.” — Morgan Parker Friendship Copy Share Image
“You're a writer, though. Your words are malleable, replaceable, and by definition untrustworthy. they mean nothing to you and that's what I'm… — Morgan Parker Language Copy Share Image
There was something about Beyoncé that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings… — Morgan Parker Bits Copy Share Image
Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and… — Morgan Parker Feels Copy Share Image
“i believe that “love” is not about forgiveness, it’s about acceptance, and acceptance keeps relationships alive.” — Morgan Parker Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“You are beautiful because you’re funny. You are alive because you’re a question.” — Morgan Parker Beauty Copy Share Image
I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it. — Morgan Parker Folks Copy Share Image
“You're not my words Emma...But you're my numbers. You're all of my numbers...You're my infinity.” — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time trying to layer upon layer upon layer as I wrote. I think that's often the fear… — Morgan Parker Fear Copy Share Image
“i believe that in your heart, you have blood not love, and that blood is to the heart what ideas (not love)… — Morgan Parker Love Copy Share Image
“Yes, its long distance, yes it's a little inconvenient, but when all you've got is distance between you and your soulmate, that's… — Morgan Parker Bad thing Copy Share Image
“It’s not real. Love is a product of habit and routine. If you break that habit and change those routines, the person… — Morgan Parker Habits Copy Share Image
“I tasted perfection, like a Lindt chocolate with all that soft and tasty core. I wasn't sure what flavor would be "perfection,"… — Morgan Parker Perfection Copy Share Image