Ariyah

“He yawn and lay down on me. Naptime creeping up on him. I stay this way a minute. I like listening to him breathe and feeling his chest rise against mine. He don’t know that I’m tired all the time or that I’m technically a kid. He just know that I got him. When we like this, I ain’t gotta know a whole lot either. I just know that I love him. I kiss his temple so he’ll know it.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“There is no prize to perfection...only an end to pursuit.”
― Viktor

“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

“They remind me a lot of my son, honestly. See, with plants and babies it’s all about survival. Nobody flat-out say that when it comes to babies, but it’s the truth. I gotta make sure the plants get everything they need to grow like I gotta do with Seven.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose