Ariyah

“Aw, I can go over there any Friday. I figured I’d chill with you and itty-bitty cuz.” “Damn, man. I can’t tonight. I got laundry and homework.” “Can’t you do that this weekend? I got us a pizza from Sal’s, and I got that new Lawless CD that drop next week.” “Yooo!” I say, into my fist. “How you get that?”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“Don’t let the cuteness fool you. Babies straight-up thugs. They don’t give a damn what you going through.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“Lisa caress her belly. “One of the few good things during all the bad stuff.” I wrap my arms around her, placing my hands over hers. “She been that for me, too.” Lisa rest her head against my arm, and it’s like we just created our own world where it don’t matter that we two kids who don’t know what the hell we doing. All that matter is us. I look up at the night sky. It’s pitch black, and yet that somehow make the stars shine brighter. Hundreds of lights in all that darkness. Wait a second. A light in the darkness. I smile, and I look at Lisa. “I think I got a name.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“No matter where you come from, you're always worth more than you think,”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose