It is the tenderness that breaks our hearts. The loveliness that leaves us stranded on the shore, watching the boats sail away. It is the sweetness t….

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep..

My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but I feel it's immoral ….

Humans didn't really fight over skin tone or ideology; those were just handy cues for kin-selection purposes. Ultimately it always came down to blood….

There’s a level at which words are spirit and paper is skin. That’s the fascination of archives. There’s still a bodily trace..

What can go wrong will go wrong..

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin..

Rents once sais, thirs nothin like a darker skin tone tae increase the vigilance ay the police n the magistrates: too right..

As a woman, birth control can really mess you up. Like, I switched and it completely messed me up - not completely, but I just started breaking out a….

Owning your curves means being confident - actually being confident - in your own skin. Growing up was tricky for me, it was so hard to shop with all….

I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't notice the color o….

Beauty has always been an ​element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation​. Out of necessity, black w….

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle..

You have to have something to put your work in otherwise it's not valid.

I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my ….

Burglars know there's more than one way to skin a vault..

Do you know what happened the last time I loved someone?” Growled against my skin with such tempered violence that my shiver turned into a shudder. I….

It's a drag having to wear socks during matches, because the tan, like, stops at the ankles. I can never get my skin, like, color coordinated..

You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin..

I've often felt unattractive or different looking. As I've grown up, I've felt more comfortable in my own skin. It may sound cliche, but when you fee….

Wearing your clothes or standing in the shower for over an hour, pretending that this skin is your skin, these hands your hands, these shins, these s….