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“She didn’t need to be an adult to know that sad men are the most dangerous.”
― Jackal
― Jackal

“Your beauty is denied but replicated. Your sexuality is controlled but desired. You take up too much space, but if you are too small, you are ripped apart. Despite the wash of it, that’s one thing you can always count on whiteness to do: destroy a threat.”
― Jackal
― Jackal

“Stuck is more than a location,” she said. “It’s a state of mind.”
― Jackal
― Jackal

“Danger didn’t need a place to hide, it preferred to fester. First it would smile and bring you German chocolate cake. Then it would wait out in the open on your front porch until it felt good and ready.”
― Jackal
― Jackal

“Myths are as much a part of the slipstream of Black life as joy. Yes, Black folks are masters of joy. Trauma isn’t the only thing carried in DNA. Blackness, like any Golden Fleece, is both a birthright and what lies at the end of a quest.”
― Jackal
― Jackal

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