3 Quotes by Tochi Onyebuchi

Look at outside. We don't have drug dealers on the corners anymore. I can't remember the last time someone was shot on this block. My church-goers can come and go in peace.""When there isn't a curfew. Pastor, this isn't peace. This is order

When you have a purpose that doesn't involve hurting someone else, it changes the way you walk.

It’s a battle, really, between me and the pine needles, to see which one of us moves first. But I’m too tired to lose.