Top 90 Alyssa Cole Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “People bury the parts of history they don’t like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.”

— Alyssa Cole

2. “Trust was a funny thing in that people thought they guarded it closely but were often willing to hand it over at the slightest sign of camaraderie.”

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3. “Why do you want my voice?” he asked, demonstrating that bluntness again. “Because I’m a sassy sea witch and I’m gonna keep it in a nautilus necklace, then use it to steal your man from right under your nose,” she replied drily.”

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4. “She was Ellen Burns, and she was going to help destroy the Confederacy.”

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5. “She wondered if this was some new species of fuckboy, an evolved version that was more effective at luring women into its trap before showing its true nature. If that was the case, it was working.”

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6. “Love was for brave fools.”

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7. “She could always mark the moment when the stranger on the other end of the line began to speak to her louder and more slowly, like she needed their help to comprehend things when they were the ones with a problem.”

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8. “Maybe he was like one of those hitchhiking ghosts that kept a lunar schedule and helped lonely gay boys find themselves.”

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9. “My neck and chest go hot in a flash and I look away. I should just start building my cabin alongside Fuckboy Creek because obviously it’s where I intend to spend the rest of my days.”

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10. “I’ll have to disagree with that,” she said. “Some arguments are not worth engaging. If you tried arguing for the validity of the Confederacy, this conversation would be over.”

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11. “Actually, I need to change what I said. Everybody wants something from you, but sometimes there’s a person you want to give to. Sometimes what you give them makes you better for having given it. And it makes having to give to everyone else not so bad.”

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12. “Sydney.” Theo is grinning as he calls my attention back to him, though his eyes are somber. “I need you to channel the confidence of a mediocre white man. I’ll give you mine. We’ll figure it out because we don’t have any other choice.”

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13. “Out of all the train cars in all the world you had to walk into mine.” Likotsi switched up which ankle was resting on which knee, the action forcing Fab to take a step back, then tilted her chin toward the doors separating the cars. “You’re only supposed to use those in case of emergency.” “I’d say that seeing you a few feet away counts as an emergency.”

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14. “What twisted providence allowed people so subjugated to be so kind and thoughtful to the people who kept them under their boot?”

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15. “My mama has me trained well. Even if my hair is getting pulled out by the roots, I can sit still and not move.”

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16. “People focused so much on the prince slipping on Cinderella’s lost shoe that they didn’t realize the real happily ever after was the moment she realized she was brave enough to go to the damned ball alone in the first place.”

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17. “His cheeks, and his courage apparently, had been warmed by whiskey’s sweet embrace.”

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18. “I’m sure you know this, but power dynamics rooted in social status are a system designed to separate people instead of bringing them together for the greater good.”

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19. “Instead, Malcolm walked over to her and took the rag from her hands. She’d done enough scrubbing that day.”

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20. “Like many a jerk I had known, he was quite handsome. I.”

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21. “How do you like your dukes? Grumpy? Tortured? Alpha, beta, or alpha in the streets, beta in the sheets?”

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22. “When you’re trying to survive, sometimes you’re gonna encounter liars. Politicians are the worst of them. But there are good ones too. You take your chances there like anywhere else in life because the only other option is giving up. That make sense?”

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23. “The walls were covered in rich, floral-patterned wallpaper and large oil paintings of white dudes at various stages of life and facial hair manscaping trends.”

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24. “I care because as long as slavery is sanctioned in this world, either directly or tacitly, we are a doomed species. There is no hope for progress, no hope for a world of peace and prosperity, if some men are allowed dominion over others for as arbitrary a reason as skin color.”

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25. “He’d been wrong about her, had seen her as some timid woodland creature who might skitter too close to him if she wasn’t careful, and get caught in his snare if he wasn’t even more careful than her, but in fact she was simply kind. Nothing so benign as nice or pleasant, but kind. There was nothing soft or gentle about that trait in a world that specialized in crushing it.”

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26. “Engaging the arguments of those who hold differing opinions is always a worthy use of one’s time. It’s how we strengthen our rhetorical skills and broaden our knowledge.”

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27. “Such finery, paid for at the small cost of human lives and dignity.”

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28. “She’d thought that Fab had smashed their connection like a smartphone beneath a car tire, but all their data had been saved on a cloud drive somewhere, it seemed, and was happily downloading and ready to resume where they’d left off.”

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29. “Took you long enough,” she said, finally. Somewhere, the polite part of Likotsi’s mind chided her for blocking the flow of pedestrian traffic, but she didn’t start walking. She slowly adjusted the lapels of her coat and then the hem of each cuff. “Well. I’m certainly worth the wait.”

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30. “He wore a forest green T-shirt and straight-legged black jeans that fit snugly, but not enough to advertise his eggplant emoji.”

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31. “In all the times I’d moved in New York, I’d only thought about how safe the area was for me, not what my presence meant for people in the neighborhood. Not about what advantages I had that they didn’t. I was poor, too, after all, even though I had figured out how not to be, for a little white at least.”

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32. “I fight for the Union because America is supposed to be a land where people can be free from tyranny, where families aren’t ripped apart to make a profit, where men aren’t whipped for speaking their mind and women aren’t abused worse than brood mares.”

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33. “Your Highness. While I admit that you are a fine specimen of a man, being a lesbian is not the only possible reason a woman wouldn’t respond to your attentions.”

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34. “Your Lordship, I know that this title is new to you, but one of the more enforced rules of the peerage is that one doesn’t perform sexual congress, or near it, at the dining table,” Margaret said sweetly over her shoulder. “You are seated next to Agnes, but I will dump a cup of ale over your head if you continue to behave like a canine in heat. That goes for you too, sweet Agnes.”

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35. “Ah. I thought that the common method of refusal was stepping on my toe and spinning off like a top during the turn,” he said.”

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36. “What I desire is that which would give you pleasure. If this wine gives you pleasure, I will pour it. If there is something else you would ask of me, it is yours.”

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37. “Dejection was inefficient, and worse, it was pedestrian.”

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38. “We don’t want revenge, Malcolm.” She looked at him like he was the densest bastard to ever walk the earth. “We want life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, just like any damned fool in these United States is entitled to so long as he isn’t Black or Red. So you can keep your outrage. All I can do is try to make a difference.”

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39. “Don’t you see?” she asked. “This is our homeland, too. We shouldn’t have to wreak havoc on the land to be seen as citizens! We shouldn’t have to.”

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40. “Ledi shook her head. “Girl, look. We’ve all read this fanfic. You’ve sent me this fanfic. I’m not saying this is going to last forever, but I would be remiss in my duties as your friend if I didn’t send you out equipped.”

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41. “Violence is not in good taste, but sometimes punch is what’s on the menu.”

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42. “And you make me feel like I’m already something.”

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43. “If debauchery was what you wanted from me? I would do it. Thoroughly.”

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44. “I need you to channel the confidence of a mediocre white man.”

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45. “But Jamal had gained access to the folder labeled NothingToSeeHere.”

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46. “When she’d seen Likotsi’s photo – a woman in a dapper suit with a bearing that made her think of royalty and a mouth that made her think of worship – a flash of desire had zipped through her body, surprising her.”

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47. “Girl, how do you think I got where I am? I came here from an island no one’s even heard of, barely spoke English, and thought I would die in the gutter.” Miss Q shook her head. “We help each other. Whenever we can, however we can, using whatever means we got. You got the Cashmere and your knowledge. I got money. If I have to choose between another coat and a sister in need, you best not think you’re gonna see me in a new coat come Sunday service.”

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48. “That was all people could really do for one another, he supposed. Take care of each other during the bad times – and there would always be bad times – and make each other happy during the good.”

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49. “Suddenly an adolescent voice boomed through the train car. “Showtime! Showtime, ladies and gentlemen!”

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50. “I believe the war to be ridiculous because I believe this nation to be ridiculous. The very basis of our nation, the Declaration of Independence, states that it is self-evident that all men are created equal. And yet every aspect of our law and political climate have stated otherwise by creating a hierarchy between white, colored, and native, rich and poor.”

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