Bill Ny

“Dude had all these obstacles he couldn’t seem to get past no matter how hard he tried, and it was almost as though falling into the life of crime everybody expected from him was (sorta) unavoidable? I know it probably sounds crazy to an upstanding young gentleman such as yourself, but for real: based on the systems in place—the “institutions of oppression,” as my former mentor, Martel, would say—homie’s situation and how he ended up kinda seemed like destiny.”
― Nic Stone, Dear Justyce

“All they ‘protect and serve’ is their own interests”
― Nic Stone, Dear Martin

“It was supposed to be a simple picnic. It'd been two months since Hazel, on her stepfather's orders, broke things off with Gray.”
― Nic Stone, Hazel and Gray

“And that’s what it comes down to. We find the families we were desperate for and learn different ways of going about things. Ways that sometimes land us in places/positions we don’t really wanna be in.”
― Nic Stone, Dear Justyce