Disappearing Acts Quotes
"All I can say is this. I’m tired of women. Black women in particular, ’cause that’s about all I ever deal with."
"I guess dropping outta high school was the biggest one. I ain’t never liked people telling me what to do."
"If you can’t see spending my whole damn check on no rent, ’specially since some weeks I don’t get no work."
"My life is pretty simple. I like to get drunk on Friday nights, but only if I worked a full week."
"And even though I wish loving a man could be as easy for me as it was for Cinderella, I know it’s not that simple."
"And if there’s a man out there who’s willing to ride or walk or run or even fly with me, he’ll show up."
"By the time I finish, I’m perspiring something awful, and I don’t even realize how much time has passed until I walk outside and see that it’s dark."
"So now I’m taking off the blindfolds and doing the bidding myself."
"All I want you to do now is sit right there and sing me something."
"Every day I start by saying to you, Good mornin’, heartache, what’s new?"
"I betcha they drill you. Wanna know if I’m finally making any money, or how good I’m fucking you, don’t they?"
"All you gotta do is pick up the phone. You understand what I’m saying, man?"
"But strength is my biggest skill, and you don’t need no college degree to sling bricks or dig holes. All you need is muscle."
"One day you gon’ wish you hadda listened to me."
"We’ve got bills coming out of our asses, and my voice lessons aren’t exactly free."
"The saddest thing in the world is to see your man out of work."
"You know how long it’s been since me and your Mama been together, right?"
"All I wanna do is be with you, that’s all. We got the rest of our lives to dance and party."
"You know how many more New Years I wanna spend with you?"
"It’s my money, and if I wanna spend it on you and my baby, that’s what I do. Understand?"
"I think too many of us give up when we don’t see instant results."
"I just wish some of us had more courage to make our dreams come true."
"I’m serious. The woman’s got problems, Zora, and I’m just sorry that you had to be the victim."
"Nobody’s talking to you, buffalo head, so be quiet."
"I’m not the first person who wasn’t thrilled about the way they were brought up."
"She just don’t understand what it feels like to know your own Moms never loved you."
"You’re a good catch. You’re pretty, got a college degree, a steady job, and on the verge of getting rich and famous."
"If you had a man that was a permanent fixture in your life, you’d understand that when you love someone, it takes a certain amount of compromise and compassion."
"All I been hearing is you singing from behind closed doors. You mind if I listen while I go through one of these boxes?"
"I can’t keep doing construction, that much I do know. It don’t take no brains to throw bricks and shit, and I got one I wanna use."
"I swear to God, I’ll get my divorce, and I’ll bust my nuts and work three jobs if I have to to take care of y’all."
"You think you gon’ be ashamed of me when you make it? Well, don’t worry. By that time, ain’t gon’ be no dirt under my fingernails. That’s a promise."
"Your baby—if you choose to have it—will be born right around New Year’s."
"All you were supposed to do was get some information and tell them about your GED. What’s so scary about that?"
"I’m just pregnant, Franklin, not handicapped."
"I’ll work two jobs, if that’s what it’ll take, baby."
"You’re welcome, baby. We gon’ do more of this kinda stuff too. I promise."
"Thank you for bringing me up here for the weekend, Franklin,"
"I don’t know. Maybe I just had too many beers."
"You think that’s supposed to stop you from getting stretch marks?"
"I miss you too, Franklin. Has anyone called me?"
"I ain’t never heard nobody so little hit so many big notes."
"This is not healthy—at least it doesn’t feel healthy."
"Let’s go look at the horses and have breakfast at the track."
"I’m just taking a little vacation. I’m tired."
"Nothing made me happier than to see him playing with his son."
"By the time I got on the subway, I had this overwhelming feeling of emptiness and guilt."
"School was the same. Everyone was glad to see me."
"I wanted to say, 'I wish I knew,' but instead I said, 'It’s great. Just great.'"
"I only gave birth to one baby; I’m not taking care of two."
"If he doesn’t have a job by Thanksgiving, he’s getting out of here."
"I cried hard and looked out the window and up toward the sky. 'Thank you,' I said."
"I’ve been looking forward to having the summer off."
"I couldn’t believe it. A fuckin’ calendar of black men in bathing suits and shit."
"I stuck by you for everything, because I loved you."
"I tried to do_The best I can for you_But it seems it’s not enough."
"I can’t tell you how glad I am to hear this. I’ve known all along that you had it in you."