Top 6 Naima Coster Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Penelope had met white women like her at RISD – women who were certain they were the center of everyone’s world. If someone wanted to steal a handbag, it would be her handbag. If someone wanted to pick a lock, it would be her lock. She was no better than the Manhattan friends Marcus complained about.”

— Naima Coster

2. “Daughters get either their courage or their fear from their mothers.”

— Naima Coster

3. “Maybe this was another way that she was white: the ease with which she could ignore calamity, focus mainly on what she wanted.”

— Naima Coster

4. “If they’re going to look at you, then you’ve got to give them something to look at.”

— Naima Coster

5. “They’re always going to be looking at you. To see if you measure up. To see if you’ll make a mistake. They’ll try and see if you’re really as smart as they’re afraid you are. And you’ve got to answer their question.”

— Naima Coster

6. “They smoked and drank as if they were already defeated, hardened, and long out of art school.”

— Naima Coster

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