22 Quotes by Nic Stone

You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you.

It’s like I’m trying to climb a mountain, but I’ve got one fool trying to shove me down so I won’t be on his level, and another fool tugging at my leg, trying to pull me to the ground he refuses to leave.

What do I do when my very identity is being mocked by people who refuse to admit there’s a problem?

Why try to do right if people will always look at me and assume wrong?

But I don’t think knowing he’d be killed would’ve changed the way he lived, Jus. He challenged the status quo and helped bring about some change. Pretty sure that was his goal. Wouldn’t you agree?

People often learn more from getting an undeserved pass than they would from being punished.

But before you say something “isn’t fair,” you should consider your starting point versus someone else’s.

I thought if I made sure to be an upstanding member of society, I’d be exempt from the stuff THOSE black guys deal with, you know? Really hard to swallow that I was wrong.

Blake, though? Blake takes it too far. He’s dressed as a Klansman. He’s got on the white robe with the circular red and white cross patch on the chest, and he even has the pointed hood with the eyeholes cut out. If Jus didn’t know it was a costume, he’d be a little scared.