Brandy Colbert > Quotes

“Lionel said as much to me once, how so many of the same people who are quick to empathize with physical disabilities don't understand why someone with depression can't just get up and get on with their day like the rest of the world. It's like they need a receipt that proves someone is actually going through some shit before they care about them.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Bravery doesn't always look like you think it will. And it's never too late to stand up for the right thing.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“She knows about the music stuff, but she doesn't care. That's why I didn't tell her about my job at the studio. She doesn't want make me want to be better, like you do. She doesn't get that it's scary... to want something so much and not be sure if you're good enough.”
― Brandy Colbert, Pointe

“We're sixteen. People expect us to fuck up.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“There are different levels of trust, and I need to get back to the point where he trusts me so much he no longer has to say it aloud.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Sometimes I wish I could go back to being ten years old. Even just for a day. Everything was easier then.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Like, I knew I had to start working to make sure things change, or I'd never be able to forgive myself. I can't just sit back and watch this world go to shit, you know?”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“it’s like I’m seeing her for the first time every time.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“And I know, deep down, that it was the right thing to do, but my chest still hurts the same way it does on the last day of school or New Year's Eve or the night before my birthday. It's the end of a chapter in my life. And, yes, another one will eventually open where this one closed, but it's scary, taking away that piece of comfort. Of routine.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“Since the founding of the United States, racists have felt threatened by laws meant to expand justice and equality—they see the legislation as a roadblock to their own success, rather than something that provides people with the human rights they’ve always deserved.”
― Brandy Colbert, Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

“Why do people never say anything about 'statistics' to white kids? I'm a statistic if I have an abortion and a statistic if I have a baby. Black kids don't even get a chance to think about doing something wrong before everyone's telling us how vital it is that we don't mess up.”
― Brandy Colbert, Finding Yvonne

“Held hands.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“I hate that I feel like nothing good is ever going to happen to me again. And that sometimes I don’t really feel anything at all. Like I’m just watching some dude who looks like me and it’s really fucking boring to spy on him because all he wants to do is stay in bed.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“She was ALWAYS nice to me. ALWAYS. And patient and sweet. She was good to me and a good person in general.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Even if things don't go our way, it'll be alright. We'll get through it.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“I am positive I just witnessed my brother falling in love at first sight.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Changes takes time. And patience. And... a willingness to listen to people we may not understand.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“Lionel is entirely too outdoorsy for such a bookish person”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“I cross my legs and lean forward with my elbows on my thighs, catch a quick glance in the mirror to evaluate how much of me has changed and how much has stayed the same. I can't see a big difference and I wonder if I've changed more on the inside or the outside over the years.”
― Brandy Colbert, Pointe

“And the next, I was pressed against the wall, her lips moving in a swift line from my chin to my collarbone.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“She hovers over me, her breasts bare.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“She gently pushes me back on the bed and we start kissing again.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Lionel is entirely too outdoorsy for such a bookish person.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“Black Americans first made their way to Oklahoma with the forced migration of the Five Tribes. Several of the tribes, though they themselves were oppressed by white colonizers, also enslaved Black people and brought”
― Brandy Colbert, Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

“so I’m off to the polls before homeroom.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“Keeping such high standards for myself and the people around me means disappointment hits hard when something doesn’t go my way.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth

“The Indian Removal Act would force nearly fifty thousand Indigenous people to leave their homes and relocate to unsettled land in the West so that their more desirable land east of the Mississippi could be given to white people.”
― Brandy Colbert, Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

“Talking about it makes it real again, harder to forget.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“I’m prepared to ride around for a while, looking for parking, but then the most magical thing that can happen in L.A. occurs—we find an empty spot just two parking meters down.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“People are complicated, little homie", Julian said, glancing over. "Nobody is all angel or devil. Dialogue between groups is good. Remember that.”
― Brandy Colbert, The Voting Booth