“Because people are always going to look. They’re always going to judge, so you can say nothing or you can at least answer back.”
― Wonder Woman: Warbringer
― Wonder Woman: Warbringer
“A single revelation does not change a life. It is a start.”
― Down Among the Sticks and Bones
― Down Among the Sticks and Bones
“Once upon a time there was a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. I called him Khalil. The world called him a thug.
He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died.
Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending.”
― The Hate U Give
He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died.
Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending.”
― The Hate U Give
“Even if he was, I knew that boy. Watched him grow up with you. He was more than any bad decision he made,” he says. “I hate that I let myself fall into that mind-set of trying to rationalize his death. And at the end of the day, you don’t kill someone for opening a car door.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“Breathe. It's going to be okay." Cora took a deep breath, eyeing him.
"You really think so?"
"No," he said baldly. "It's never okay. But I told myself that every night when I was in Prism. I told myself that every morning when I woke up, still in Prism. And I got through, Sometimes that's all you can do. Just keep getting through until you don't have to do it anymore, however much time that takes, however difficult it is.”
― Beneath the Sugar Sky
"You really think so?"
"No," he said baldly. "It's never okay. But I told myself that every night when I was in Prism. I told myself that every morning when I woke up, still in Prism. And I got through, Sometimes that's all you can do. Just keep getting through until you don't have to do it anymore, however much time that takes, however difficult it is.”
― Beneath the Sugar Sky
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