“See, the problem in this world ain’t sinners, or even the dead. It is men who will step on anyone who stands in the way of their pursuit of power.”
―
Justina Ireland,
Dread Nation
“It’s a cruel, cruel world. And the people are the worst part.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“There’s nothing white folks hate more than realizing they accidentally treated a Negro like a person.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“My momma always said the best way to get what you want from people is to give them what they think they want. They expected me to be stupid, so I used that to our advantage.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Maybe that’s your problem. You been waiting for a man.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Sometimes it’s easier to think about other folks’ small hurts than your big ones.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“The darkness agrees with me. It asks me to release it, as loud as a roar and as quiet as a whisper. I remember what my sister said long ago: You must control the darkness. You can’t ever give in to it. But the shadows want to make me happy, and I deserve a little happiness” ― Justina Ireland, Promise of Shadows
“But that's the way life goes most of the time: the thing you least count on comes along and ruins everything else you got planned.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“The day I came squealing and squalling into the world was the first time someone tried to kill me. I guess it should have been obvious to everyone right then that I wasn't going to have a normal life.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Someday, if not today, you will see that this life is nothing without people to love” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Why are all pretty boys insane?” ― Justina Ireland, Promise of Shadows
“I ain't waiting for an opportunity. I'm making one.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“But I can't change the past; I can only push headlong into an uncertain future.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Momma used to say that a politician was a man that had perfected the art of lying,” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“...we know the curse that has been laid upon us--not the curse of bondage, but rather the curse of neglect. This country does not see, nor seek to remedy, the suffering of the Negro, and we are taxed to bear the wrath of white inadequacy.” ― Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide
“Surviving can make people right mean” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“It was the midwife that tried to do me in. Truth be told, it wasn't really her fault. What else is a good Christian woman going to do when a Negro comes flying out from between the legs of the richest white woman in Haller County, Kentucky?” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“It seems strange that in these very fraught times folks would be more concerned about hardworking people trying to find a better life than the monsters that actually want to eat them.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“I don't need a spotlight to know a snitch when I see one.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“It’s a cruel, cruel world. And the people are the worst part.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“There’s nothing white folks hate more than realizing they accidentally treated a Negro like a person.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“My momma always said the best way to get what you want from people is to give them what they think they want. They expected me to be stupid, so I used that to our advantage.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Maybe that’s your problem. You been waiting for a man.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Sometimes it’s easier to think about other folks’ small hurts than your big ones.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“The darkness agrees with me. It asks me to release it, as loud as a roar and as quiet as a whisper. I remember what my sister said long ago: You must control the darkness. You can’t ever give in to it. But the shadows want to make me happy, and I deserve a little happiness” ― Justina Ireland, Promise of Shadows
“But that's the way life goes most of the time: the thing you least count on comes along and ruins everything else you got planned.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“The day I came squealing and squalling into the world was the first time someone tried to kill me. I guess it should have been obvious to everyone right then that I wasn't going to have a normal life.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Someday, if not today, you will see that this life is nothing without people to love” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Why are all pretty boys insane?” ― Justina Ireland, Promise of Shadows
“I ain't waiting for an opportunity. I'm making one.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“But I can't change the past; I can only push headlong into an uncertain future.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“Momma used to say that a politician was a man that had perfected the art of lying,” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“...we know the curse that has been laid upon us--not the curse of bondage, but rather the curse of neglect. This country does not see, nor seek to remedy, the suffering of the Negro, and we are taxed to bear the wrath of white inadequacy.” ― Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide
“Surviving can make people right mean” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“It was the midwife that tried to do me in. Truth be told, it wasn't really her fault. What else is a good Christian woman going to do when a Negro comes flying out from between the legs of the richest white woman in Haller County, Kentucky?” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“It seems strange that in these very fraught times folks would be more concerned about hardworking people trying to find a better life than the monsters that actually want to eat them.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
“I don't need a spotlight to know a snitch when I see one.” ― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
