"What's the point of having a voice if you're going to be silent when you shouldn't be."- Angie Thomas
"Brave doesn't mean you're not scared. It's means you go on even though you're scared."- Angie Thomas
"It's dope to be black until it's hard to be black."- Angie Thomas
"Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right."- Angie Thomas
"At an early age I learned that people make mistakes. And you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than you're love for them."- Angie Thomas
"Doubt those bullet were meant for her, but bullets go where they wanna go."- Angie Thomas
"People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice."- Angie Thomas
"I can't change where I come from or what I've been through, or why I should be ashamed of what makes me, me?"- Angie Thomas
"That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?"- Angie Thomas
"Once upon a time there was a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. I called him Khalil. The world called him a thug.
He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died.
Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending."- Angie Thomas
"Pac said Thug Life stood for 'The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody'."- Angie Thomas
"You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement."- Angie Thomas
"Once you've seen how broken someone is it's like seeing them naked—you can't look at them the same anymore."- Angie Thomas
"Intentions always look better on paper than in reality."- Angie Thomas
"I've seen in happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. I've tweeted RIP hashtags, reblogged pictures on Tumblr and signed every petition out there. I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have louddest voice, making the world knew what wend down. Now I am that person, and I'm too afraid to speak."- Angie Thomas
"Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving."- Angie Thomas
"To every kid in Georgetown and in all “the Gardens” of the world: your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be roses that grow in the concrete."- Angie Thomas
"Daddy once told me there's a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn't stop the slave masters from hurting their families. Daddy also said there's nothing more dangerous than when that rage is activated."- Angie Thomas
"People say misery loves company, but I think it’s like that with anger too."- Angie Thomas
"Good-byes hurt the most when the other person’s already gone."- Angie Thomas
"A hairbrush is not a gun."- Angie Thomas
"Don’t let them put words in your mouth. God gave you a brain. You don’t need theirs."- Angie Thomas
"When you fight, you put yourself out there, not caring who you hurt or if you'll get hurt."- Angie Thomas
"If bravery is a medical condition, everybody's misdiagnosed me."- Angie Thomas
"Besties before testes."- Angie Thomas
"Listen! The Hate U—the letter U—Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody. T-H-U-G L-I-F-E. Meaning what society give us as youth, it bites them in the ass when we wild out. Get it?” “Damn."- Angie Thomas
"You need Saturday to recover and Sunday to repent."- Angie Thomas
"Daddy claims the Hogwarts houses are really gangs. They have their own colors, their own hideouts, and they are always riding for each other, like gangs. Harry, Ron, and Hermione never snitch on one another, just like gangbangers. Death Eaters even have matching tattoos. And look at Voldemort. They’re scared to say his name. Really, that “He Who Must Not Be Named” stuff is like giving him a street name. That’s some gangbanging shit right there."- Angie Thomas
"Khalil, I'll never forget.
I'll never give up.
I'll never be quiet.
I promise."- Angie Thomas
"I’ve taught myself to speak with two different voices and only say certain things around certain people. I’ve mastered it."- Angie Thomas
"I hope none of them ask about my spring break. They went to Taipei, the Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in the hood and saw a cop kill my friend."- Angie Thomas
"Something to live for, something to die for."- Angie Thomas
"People are realizing and shouting and marching and demanding. They’re not forgetting. I think that’s the most important part."- Angie Thomas
"My two worlds just collided. Surprisingly, everything's all right."- Angie Thomas
"And at the end of the day, you don’t kill someone for opening a car door. If you do, you shouldn’t be a cop."- Angie Thomas
"Are you serious right now?” Hailey asks. “What’s wrong with saying his life matters too?” “His life always matters more!” My voice is gruff, and my throat is tight. “That’s the problem!” “Starr!"- Angie Thomas
"But I realize that being real ain't got anything to do with where you live."- Angie Thomas
"I don't have to wait around for her to change. I can let go."- Angie Thomas
"But I'm tired of them just assuming."- Angie Thomas
"I look at the stars again. Daddy says he named me Starr because I was his light in the darkness. I need some light in my own darkness right about now."- Angie Thomas
"It's like a 'Fragile' sticker's on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they'd rather say nothing at all. But the silence is worst."- Angie Thomas
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