Jessie

“You have to know sadness . . . because sadness is duty . . .because if you know sadness, you understand sadness in others, and if you can understand sadness in others, you're obligated to help.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“It is kinda messed up. Here my brother is, doing everything right, and nothing's coming from it. Meanwhile, Aunt Pooh's doing everything we've been told not to do, and she's giving us food when we need it.

That's how it goes though. The drug dealers in my neighborhood aren't struggling. Everybody else is.”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“Happiness above can solve the sadness below.”
― Dave Eggers, The Lifters

“That’s when I learned that when people die, they sometimes take the living with them.”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up