27 Quotes by Nikki Grimes

Round still, but that's fine.Feeling good outside and in.Maybe I'm not thin,but skinny isn't perfect.The perfect size is happy.

Do friends make better mirrors?

Son, don't mind what's missing. Count allthat's free: friendship, laughter, all thelove your heart can carry, and time -- count time.

Trauma is a memory hog,It gobbles up all available spacein the brain,leaves little room to markdaily happenstances,or even routine injurieswhich are less thanlife-threatening.

Is there more to me? Sure. Kids yell 'albino boy.' I don't turn around.Choose the name you answer to. No one can do that but you.

I do like Manny,crank up the inside volume,listen to my dreamsas I walk through the school halls,I choose what words to let in.

The foster home they were leaving was no place to be. The mother, Mrs. Boone, slapped Paris around every time her real daughter did something that called for punishment....After each beating, the daughter, Lisa, would swear she had no clue how her mama got the mistaken notion that Paris was the one who'd smashed a favorite vase, or stained the kitchen tablecloth, or whatever. My name is Paris, not Stupid, Paris would say to herself.

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast.

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised.