Author: Roxane Gay

Quotes

Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy.

Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier for you to be happy.

- Roxane Gay

Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one.

Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one.

- Roxane Gay

Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia - the place where all our dreams come true.

Long walks on the beach are the supposed holy grail of a romantic evening. The beach becomes a kind of utopia - the place where all our dreams come true.

- Roxane Gay

Beyonce is not above critique. As a feminist herself, I hope Beyonce would welcome it.

Beyonce is not above critique. As a feminist herself, I hope Beyonce would welcome it.

- Roxane Gay

Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink.

Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink.

- Roxane Gay

Florida is a strange place: hot, beautiful, ugly. I love it here, and how nothing makes sense but still, somehow, there is a rhythm.

Florida is a strange place: hot, beautiful, ugly. I love it here, and how nothing makes sense but still, somehow, there is a rhythm.

- Roxane Gay

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone.

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone.

- Roxane Gay

Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it.

Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it.

- Roxane Gay

Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies.

Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies.

- Roxane Gay

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