137 Quotes by Jason Reynolds

But if the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them.

...nobody owes you anything, so when you get something, be appreciative.

Pretended like yellow tapewas some kind ofneighborhood flagthat don't nobody wavebut always be flappingin the wind.

Your dream is the molebehind your ear, that chip in yourfront tooth, your freckles.It's the thing that makesyou special,but not the thing that makes you great.The courage in trying,the passion in living,and the acknowledgement and appreciation ofthe beauty happening aroundyou does that.

Science says the races are biologically equal so if they're not in society, the only reason why can be racism.

Segregationists are haters. Like, real haters. People who hate you for not being like them. Assimilationists are people who like you, but only with quotation marks. Like... 'like' you. Meaning, they 'like' you because you're like them. And then there are antiracists. They love you because you're like you.

But it's important to note, life can rarely be wrapped into single-word descriptions. It isn't neat and perfectly shaped. So sometimes, over the course of a lifetime (and even over the course of a day), people can take on and act out ideas represented by more than one of these three identities. Can be both, and. Just keep that in mind as we explore these folks.

Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was knocked around. That would be a tragesty." "Travesty," Kenzi corrected him."Travesty," Simeon repeated. "And so because I love Kenzi, I protect him. I make sure he can maneuver down these busy hallways without worrying about anything. I'm basically his bodyguard.

Best to become invisiblein times like these.Everybody knows that.