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“I really want to call you to me in a thunderbolt so I can smack you. We鈥檙e not even married yet and I want to strangle you with my bare hands. That doesn鈥檛 bode well for your life expectancy, Assefa, or my chance of staying out of prison on a homicide charge”
― N.D. Jones, Of Deception and Divinity

“Black Girl Magic is a wily cat to some. A unicorn of myth for others. But to those who can wrangle it into submission, it is hope found at the bottom of a jar of quarters.

Use in case of an emergency.”
― N.D. Jones, The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Women

“Because I鈥檓 attracted to you. Because you鈥檙e the poster child for contradictions and I enjoy each one of them. You鈥檙e funny when you鈥檙e being so damn serious. You have a kind heart and protective nature that reminds me so much of my father.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Fear and Faith

“I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you, sweetheart. All supple and voluptuous, a mountain of curves I can't wait to climb.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Fear and Faith

“If I'm moving too fast or coming on too hard...”
― N.D. Jones, Heat, Hunt, Hope

“Do you feel it? The connection between us? The pull? The power of our link?”
― N.D. Jones, Heat, Hunt, Hope

“My teeth ache, my gums hurt, and my cat is tearing me apart, wanting you in every way imaginable. Your body. Your magic. Your fire spirit. Your blood.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Beasts and Bonds

“Easy, Sage, you have no idea. I just agreed to betray my marriage vows, my husband, and my beating heart.”
― N.D. Jones, Bound Souls

“You're an incredible woman, Lela. I would battle a thousand Terrademons to reach your heart. But I cannot challenge or defeat an enemy that鈥檚 already dead. I cannot fight for a heart that doesn't want to be won.”
― N.D. Jones, Bound Souls

“Fire witches are two parts sweet and one part sour, the perfect Daiquiri鈥攃lassic, delicious, and deceptively potent.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Deception and Divinity

“Even when you love with all you are, life will demand parts of your heart and soul. Sometimes, life takes more than you think you have to give. The question then becomes, Great Cat of the Nation of Swiftborne, when life rips out your heart and drops it at your feet, what will you do?”
― N.D. Jones, Mafdet's Claws

“I don鈥檛 need a ritual to tell me we have a biological connection, or that the gods have already decided we complement each other. Even with that, Sanura, we have our own free will. If we decide to begin a relationship, I want it to be because we want to be together, not because biology or the gods say we should be together.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Fear and Faith

“You carry the weight of the preternatural world on those big shoulders of yours. But your heart is even bigger, and the burden you harbor there heavier.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Fear and Faith

“Trust her heart, Assefa, and believe in yourself. No matter the challenge, no matter the foe, be brave, be wise, be the undefeated Mngwa of lore.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Beasts and Bonds

“You and that amazing body of yours will be the cause of some too-appreciative witch鈥檚 death. Maybe two witches.鈥� Or a dozen, her fire spirit hissed.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Beasts and Bonds

“You buy so little and ask for even less, which makes me want to spoil you. That鈥檚 not how I grew up, which you will soon see. We Berbers ask for everything and get even more in return, much of which we don鈥檛 deserve and haven鈥檛 earned. But you have access to so much but never touch it. I respect that, and your parents for raising you to value friends and family over money and power.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Deception and Divinity

“Ah, sweetheart, what are you doing?鈥�

鈥淚 think that鈥檚 pretty obvious. I鈥檓 witch-handling your orgasm-giver.”
― N.D. Jones, Of Deception and Divinity

“I鈥檝e never killed anyone but I would rather choke on the blood of my fallen enemies than permit harm to come to you again.”
― N.D. Jones, Mafdet's Claws

“You are at your best when those you love are uppermost in your heart and mind. Swift feet, Mafdet, swift feet.”
― N.D. Jones, Mafdet's Claws

“Two key ingredients to building resilience are the willingness to experience vulnerability and the strength to say no.”
― N.D. Jones, The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Women

“No matter the place, war looks, smells, and sounds the same. Wars also wreak the same turmoil. Grief and heartache. Starvation and desperation”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“What an idiot I am. I created a pact with children. Not even a blood pact but a vow that yields nothing for my kettle or Wake. A vow born of weakness. But a vow all the same. I will not fail them, no matter the cost.”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“No mission ever mattered. They were all inconsequential except as the most direct route to retirement. Then a small human girl held my hand and looked at me without an ounce of fear but with pounds of faith.”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“Fayola wore nothing underneath. Nothing but skin in need of his touch. Hands, mouth and more. "Six months," she said, her voice a sultry whisper of repressed need.”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“Too many chili peppers. Yuck. Why would someone use so many? Is it a bear thing?”
― N.D. Jones, Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining

“Maybe that ain't the way it is for those who kill themselves. I think it ain't about wantin' to die but the bone-deep misery of not bein' able to live peacefully. Safely. Of dreamin' and prayin' for a better life but wakin' up to the same ole pain. Livin' is hard, that's for sure. But I think choosin' to die might be harder.”
― N.D. Jones, Harriet's Escape: Harriet Tubman Reimagined

“All I want to do is reunite my family. Free them from bond-age. But each time I do, another family is left in pieces. But my brothers would've been sold away if I hadn't come. Forever lost like our sisters. But I've never gone on a mission without the good Lord's consent. This is where I'm supposed to be. It hurts, yes, it does, but the Lord has shown me the way. And it led me back here to my brothers.”
― N.D. Jones, Harriet's Escape: Harriet Tubman Reimagined

“All I want to do is reunite my family. Free them from bondage. But each time I do, another family is left in pieces. But my brothers would've been sold away if I hadn't come. Forever lost like our sisters. But I've never gone on a mission without the good Lord's consent. This is where I'm supposed to be. It hurts, yes, it does, but the Lord has shown me the way. And it led me back here to my brothers.”
― N.D. Jones, Harriet's Escape: Harriet Tubman Reimagined

“Leavin' is hard. Nothin' else in Heaven or on Earth would've made me leave Mary and my boys. I got a little girl now, too. She's another Harriet in the family. It's a special name. But nobody wears it better than you. You're a charm from above. Thank you for comin' back for us.”
― N.D. Jones, Harriet's Escape: Harriet Tubman Reimagined

“You forever doin' for others. Let me do this one thing for you. Sleep, Harriet. Every battle worth wagin' will be here when you wake.”
― N.D. Jones, Harriet's Escape: Harriet Tubman Reimagined