8 Quotes by Ashley Antoinette

In matters of the heart, you can’t compete where you don’t compare.

Her love was like armor that covered him as he went into the world. A man required that from his queen. A black man would likely die without it. It was the reason so many brothers perished too early, because they never received that affirmation from a queen. It was the black woman that strengthened the black man.

Love costs too much. I learned on that day that it was sacrificial. In order to obtain it, I would have had to hurt someone else – more.

She could see the effects of what Lucas had done hanging onto Morgan. It was a part of her scars. Every woman had them, maybe not the same type, but women collected events in their lives that tarnished who they were.

The love of a woman will make you step out of character.

Betrayal from a stranger, from somebody you don’t love, doesn’t affect you. You loved him, and to love a person, you have to know that they will hurt you one day because we’re human. We’re imperfect. So, hurt is a part of the equation. That’s what forgiveness is for. To keep the people you love in your life after they’ve damaged you. Forgiveness is for you, not them.

As long as you conduct yourself like a lady then everyone around you will have to treat you like one.

We don’t always get the explanations or apologies we deserve. People don’t always love you right. The only thing you can control is how you love yourself.