Best Being Black Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“You remember a family, a life before all this. If I knew how to love, I'd tell you I love you. But I don't reckon I know how, Henri. I'm not even sure we're supposed to love.”

“Jean loved silent movies becaues they were like cartoons. I think that he felt that even in life we should be walking around with a word-blloon above our heads -- you can see this in his art.”

“You just looks so young!”

“A man's got a choice, live on his knees or die on his feet. Done kneeling.”

“Less dead" homicide victims, a term credited to criminologist Steven Egger, have historically been not as thoroughly investigated as their wealthier, whiter, and perhaps more sober counterparts. Pretty white college students are the most dead. Black transgender hookers with addiction issues are the least dead.”

“Sam and I talked that first day about our childhoods, about our first loves, about his family tree, which includes (it really does) both Malcolm X and Little Richard.”

“New York looked like someone put Magic Grow on Miami, strung the whole thing with Christmas lights, then ground about a billion pounds of soot into it.”