Black Quote by Mallory Ortberg

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“When you're a black woman", her mother said, "ain't no hiding what you are. Day you try, is the day you die. Stand tall,…

— Dan Brown

Black Widow' is a metaphor for this innocent young girl who gets infected with life, traumas, experiences, and the balance of light and darkness.…

— Maria Brink

“I've sat listening at the feet of enough Black women to know they all deserve to tell their own stories. But here we are,…

— Darnell Lamont Walker

We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know…

— Susan L. Taylor

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.

— Sanaa Lathan

“Dear Exquisite Black Queen… Being a Strong Black Woman doesn’t mean that you can’t be vulnerable. It’s okay to cry. It’s okay if you’re…

— Stephanie Lahart

“That’s some shit, and it hurts. We talked about the disconnect between the adoration so many black men shower on their mothers and grandmothers…

— Gabrielle Union

I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.

— Carole Radziwill

“My Blackness is just too much for some people to handle. I’m a confident, intelligent, beautiful, and powerful Black woman with greatness inside my…

— Stephanie Lahart

Often when you see these Black Widow types, you see from the beginning that they have made a choice of how and who they…

— Neve Campbell

The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing…

— Fannie Barrier Williams