Quotes from Terry McMillan

That it is still important to keep improving our lives, even at our age, and we should treat ourselves better and stop acting like our best years are behind us.

since it's obvious that not having this baby

I became a better person because of the time I spent with him, knowing him. I never got a chance to tell him that.

You promised me you would never cheat on me, that you'd love me forever and we would never get a divorce." "I still love you, and I hate that I cheated on you, and I wish we'd never gotten divorced.

I'm trying to stop lying to myself about little things. I'm still working on the big ones.

He encouraged me to take one more deep puff and hold it in, so I did, and the smoke traveled down on top of my esophagus and then did a U-turn up into where my brain was supposed to be. At first it felt like fireworks, and then I began to feel like I was floating down a stream. I liked it. And I took another puff and studied my ass off. The next morning, however, I would fail my very first Spanish exam, because I would not remember how to conjugate anything except Abraham.

We dream of times that are not and blindly flee the only one that is. The fact is that the present usually hurts. —BLAISE PASCAL, Pensées

I like gay men who don't hate women, and I don't mind being around rich white people, because there's plenty of them in the Bay Area, and I know how to ignore Republicans.

Always listen to the parent who doesn't like who you love. They can smell a mistake.

I pray for my children. That they stay safe and make good decisions. That they be happy, thoughtful, and caring human beings. That they have the strength to get up if they fall down.

This is not the way I dreamed it. This is not what I had hope for, what I asked for. I want to skip this part. I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

Change is hard, and sometimes I think I should just turn to drugs and stay high and not worry about a damn thing.

You cannot go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." It's Not All Downhill From Here

When I hear the doorbell, I push myself to a standing position and head upstairs. "Coming!" I yell while dancing to an unidentifiable beat that's obviously not coming out of the speakers. This is just one more reason I like wine.

It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.

At some point, we need to be honest with ourselves and do what excites us instead of what looks good on paper.

I think life is one long introductory course in tolerance, but in order for a woman to get her Ph.D., she's gotta pass Men 101.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life with you

You cannot go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.

Before Sunrise.

How do you tell a man—in a nice way—that he makes you sick?

Don't waste your time or your money on cheap shit, baby, 'cause all you'll end up doing is paying for everythang twice.

I pray for my sister. That she be allowed to discover grace and find peace without drugs. That her hair grows. That some of her pain be driven from her and given to me because I think I can handle it. I pray for her kids. That they find they have a chance to grow up knowing they were loved.

Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.