African american Quote by Mecca-Amirah Jackson

“Hey, Melissa-is there anything I should know about having this kid that isn't in the books I've been reading?" Sunlight streamed through the window,…

— Kim Bongiorno

“was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Once upon a time, a girl named September grew very tired indeed of her parents’ house, where she washed the same pink-and-yellow teacups and…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“When she thinks of the toxins built up inside of her from so many years of eating carelessly, of the resentment that has grown…

— Benjamin Percy

“Agnes added the yolks of half a dozen eggs to her stuffing, cracking each one over a small bowl so the white ran into…

— Janet Gleeson

Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil in the…

— Elizabeth Wein

“Birthdays were wretched, delicious things when you lived in Beau Rivage. The clock stuck midnight, and presents gave way to magic. Curses bloomed. Girls…

— Sarah Cross

“Her straw-colored pigtails did not qualify her to be Rapunzel and could not be spun to gold by imp fingers, she was too active…

— Thomm Quackenbush

“Out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child suckled…

— Pearl S. Buck

“Kneeling in the keeping room where she usually went to talk-think it was clear why Baby Suggs was so starved for color. There was’t…

— Toni Morrison

“The tan carpet was stiff and black with stripes of dried blood, spattered like a Jackson Pollock canvas. The walls were streaked with it,…

— Holly Black

“Every morning she pulled a delicate cup from its brass hook and filled it, hoping that it would be dark and deep and secret…

— Catherynne M. Valente