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Top 280 Angie Thomas Quotes (2026 Update)
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Angie Thomas Quote: “Crying doesn’t make you weak, Bri, and even if it did, there’s nothing wrong with that. Admitting that you’re weak is one of the strongest things you can do” -Trey.”

101. “Crying doesn’t make you weak, Bri, and even if it did, there’s nothing wrong with that. Admitting that you’re weak is one of the strongest things you can do” -Trey.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “And one was at the hands of a person who was supposed to protect her! What, you think if you live next door to them, they’ll treat you different?”

102. “And one was at the hands of a person who was supposed to protect her! What, you think if you live next door to them, they’ll treat you different?”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “We want freedom,′ I say. ‘We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.”

103. “We want freedom,′ I say. ‘We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “It’s kinda like how we have to do with ourselves. Get rid of the things that don’t do us any good. If it won’t help the rose grow, you’ve gotta let it go.”

104. “It’s kinda like how we have to do with ourselves. Get rid of the things that don’t do us any good. If it won’t help the rose grow, you’ve gotta let it go.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “They act like I’m the official representative of the black race and they owe me an explanation. I think I understand though. If I sit out a protest, I’m making a statement, but if they sit out a protest, they look racist.”

105. “They act like I’m the official representative of the black race and they owe me an explanation. I think I understand though. If I sit out a protest, I’m making a statement, but if they sit out a protest, they look racist.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “That’s why people are speaking out, huh? Because it won’t change if we don’t say something.”

106. “That’s why people are speaking out, huh? Because it won’t change if we don’t say something.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “But one of the nurses took my hand” – Momma grabs my hand again – “looked me in the eye, and said, ‘Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.’” She holds my hand the rest of the drive.”

107. “But one of the nurses took my hand” – Momma grabs my hand again – “looked me in the eye, and said, ‘Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.’” She holds my hand the rest of the drive.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “They probably heard me crying. Great. What’s worse than being the Angry Black Girl? The Weak Black Girl.”

108. “They probably heard me crying. Great. What’s worse than being the Angry Black Girl? The Weak Black Girl.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Roses can bloom in the hardest conditions.”

109. “Roses can bloom in the hardest conditions.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Do it. Hell, get the song taken down if you want. But you’ll never silence me. I got too goddamn much to say.”

110. “Do it. Hell, get the song taken down if you want. But you’ll never silence me. I got too goddamn much to say.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Thank you so much for having the bravery to do this.” There’s that word again. Bravery. Brave peoples’ legs don’t shake. Brave people don’t feel like puking. Brave people sure don’t have to remind themselves how to breathe if they think about that night too hard. If bravery is a medical condition, everybody’s misdiagnosed me.”

111. “Thank you so much for having the bravery to do this.” There’s that word again. Bravery. Brave peoples’ legs don’t shake. Brave people don’t feel like puking. Brave people sure don’t have to remind themselves how to breathe if they think about that night too hard. If bravery is a medical condition, everybody’s misdiagnosed me.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “People say misery loves company, but I think it’s like that with anger too.”

112. “People say misery loves company, but I think it’s like that with anger too.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I don’t have to wait around for her to change. I can let go.”

113. “I don’t have to wait around for her to change. I can let go.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “They claim that a person’s eyes say more than their mouth, and that it goes both way – if we look someone in their eyes and mean what we say, they should have little reason to doubt us.”

114. “They claim that a person’s eyes say more than their mouth, and that it goes both way – if we look someone in their eyes and mean what we say, they should have little reason to doubt us.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “People are realizing and shouting and marching and demanding. They’re not forgetting. I think that’s the most important part.”

115. “People are realizing and shouting and marching and demanding. They’re not forgetting. I think that’s the most important part.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”

116. “Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Some things are worth more than money, baby” -Jay.”

117. “Some things are worth more than money, baby” -Jay.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Jay’s a people person. I’m more of a “yes, people exist, but that doesn’t mean I need to talk to them” person.”

118. “Jay’s a people person. I’m more of a “yes, people exist, but that doesn’t mean I need to talk to them” person.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Seven and I get Sekani after school, and he won’t shut up about the news cameras he saw from his classroom window, because he’s Sekani and he came into this world looking for a camera. I have too many selfies of him on my phone giving the “light skin face,” his eyes squinted and eyebrows raised.”

119. “Seven and I get Sekani after school, and he won’t shut up about the news cameras he saw from his classroom window, because he’s Sekani and he came into this world looking for a camera. I have too many selfies of him on my phone giving the “light skin face,” his eyes squinted and eyebrows raised.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Basically, Williamson Starr doesn’t give anyone a reason to call her ghetto.”

120. “Basically, Williamson Starr doesn’t give anyone a reason to call her ghetto.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I love you too,′ I murmur. ‘It’s hard for me to imagine myself not being with you, and that... that scares me. I don’t know who I am if I’m not your girlfriend. I don’t think it should be that way.”

121. “I love you too,′ I murmur. ‘It’s hard for me to imagine myself not being with you, and that... that scares me. I don’t know who I am if I’m not your girlfriend. I don’t think it should be that way.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Even Momma hugs me longer and tighter with more sympathy than “just because” in it. Sekani, on the other hand, steals bacon off my plate, looks at my phone, and purposely steps on my foot on his way out. I love him for it.”

122. “Even Momma hugs me longer and tighter with more sympathy than “just because” in it. Sekani, on the other hand, steals bacon off my plate, looks at my phone, and purposely steps on my foot on his way out. I love him for it.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “But I realize that being real ain’t got anything to do with where you live.”

123. “But I realize that being real ain’t got anything to do with where you live.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I once posted a picture of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old black boy who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in 1955. His mutilated body didn’t look human. Hailey texted me immediately after, freaking out. I thought it was because she couldn’t believe someone would do that to a kid. No. She couldn’t believe I would reblog such an awful picture. Not long after that, she stopped liking and reblogging my other posts.”

124. “I once posted a picture of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old black boy who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in 1955. His mutilated body didn’t look human. Hailey texted me immediately after, freaking out. I thought it was because she couldn’t believe someone would do that to a kid. No. She couldn’t believe I would reblog such an awful picture. Not long after that, she stopped liking and reblogging my other posts.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “It’s that time between day and night when the sky looks like it’s on fire and mosquitoes are on the hunt.”

125. “It’s that time between day and night when the sky looks like it’s on fire and mosquitoes are on the hunt.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I squeeze through sweaty bodies and follow Kenya, her curls bouncing past her shoulders. A haze lingers over the room, smelling like weed, and music rattles the floor. Some rapper calls out for everybody to Nae-Nae, followed by a bunch of “Heys” as people launch into their own versions.”

126. “I squeeze through sweaty bodies and follow Kenya, her curls bouncing past her shoulders. A haze lingers over the room, smelling like weed, and music rattles the floor. Some rapper calls out for everybody to Nae-Nae, followed by a bunch of “Heys” as people launch into their own versions.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Sometimes she’s my personal Yoda. If Yoda was a woman and had a gold grill. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know who Yoda is.”

127. “Sometimes she’s my personal Yoda. If Yoda was a woman and had a gold grill. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know who Yoda is.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “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.”

128. “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.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Fairy tale? No. But I’m not giving up on a better ending. It would be easy to quit if it was just about me, Khalil, that night, and that cop. It’s about way more than that though. It’s about Seven. Sekani. Kenya. DeVante. It’s also about Oscar. Aiyana. Trayvon. Rekia. Michael. Eric. Tamir. John. Ezell. Sandra. Freddie. Alton. Philando. It’s even about that little boy in 1955 who nobody recognized at first – Emmett.”

129. “Fairy tale? No. But I’m not giving up on a better ending. It would be easy to quit if it was just about me, Khalil, that night, and that cop. It’s about way more than that though. It’s about Seven. Sekani. Kenya. DeVante. It’s also about Oscar. Aiyana. Trayvon. Rekia. Michael. Eric. Tamir. John. Ezell. Sandra. Freddie. Alton. Philando. It’s even about that little boy in 1955 who nobody recognized at first – Emmett.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I can’t explain the look in her eyes, but it knows me better than I know myself. It wraps me up and warms me from the inside out.”

130. “I can’t explain the look in her eyes, but it knows me better than I know myself. It wraps me up and warms me from the inside out.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Funny how it works with white kids though. It’s dope to be black until it’s hard to be black.”

131. “Funny how it works with white kids though. It’s dope to be black until it’s hard to be black.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Yet I think it’ll change one day. How? I don’t know. When? I definitely don’t know. Why? Because there will always be someone ready to fight. Maybe it’s my turn.”

132. “Yet I think it’ll change one day. How? I don’t know. When? I definitely don’t know. Why? Because there will always be someone ready to fight. Maybe it’s my turn.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “We can love her with everything in us, but it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t love herself.”

133. “We can love her with everything in us, but it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t love herself.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I can’t explain the look in her eyes, but it knows me better than I know myself. It wraps me up and warms me from the inside out. “Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared, Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”

134. “I can’t explain the look in her eyes, but it knows me better than I know myself. It wraps me up and warms me from the inside out. “Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared, Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “One-Fifteen I’m often asked why Starr never refers to the police officer who shot Khalil by his name, only by his badge number. Since her father has always instilled in her that names have power, it’s hard for Starr to give the officer any sort of power by referring to him by his given name. By using his badge number, it’s her way of refusing to humanize him – because in her mind, what he did to her and Khalil in that moment was anything but humane.”

135. “One-Fifteen I’m often asked why Starr never refers to the police officer who shot Khalil by his name, only by his badge number. Since her father has always instilled in her that names have power, it’s hard for Starr to give the officer any sort of power by referring to him by his given name. By using his badge number, it’s her way of refusing to humanize him – because in her mind, what he did to her and Khalil in that moment was anything but humane.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I’ll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else.”

136. “I’ll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Can’t believe you still love whiny-ass Drake.”

137. “Can’t believe you still love whiny-ass Drake.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “It’s about way more than that though. It’s about Seven. Sekani. Kenya. DeVante. It’s also about Oscar. Aiyana. Trayvon. Rekia. Michael. Eric. Tamir. John. Ezell. Sandra. Freddie. Alton. Philando. It’s even about that little boy in 1955 who nobody recognized at first – Emmett.”

138. “It’s about way more than that though. It’s about Seven. Sekani. Kenya. DeVante. It’s also about Oscar. Aiyana. Trayvon. Rekia. Michael. Eric. Tamir. John. Ezell. Sandra. Freddie. Alton. Philando. It’s even about that little boy in 1955 who nobody recognized at first – Emmett.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “My nana likes to say that spring brings love. Spring in Garden Heights doesn’t always bring love, but it promises babies in the winter.”

139. “My nana likes to say that spring brings love. Spring in Garden Heights doesn’t always bring love, but it promises babies in the winter.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “For now I guess we’ll keep pretending everything is fine.”

140. “For now I guess we’ll keep pretending everything is fine.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “His mouth is open like he wants to scream. I scream loud enough for the both of us.”

141. “His mouth is open like he wants to scream. I scream loud enough for the both of us.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I don’t try to see who got shot or who did it. You can’t snitch if you don’t know anything.”

142. “I don’t try to see who got shot or who did it. You can’t snitch if you don’t know anything.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I shouldn’t have come to this party.”

143. “I shouldn’t have come to this party.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Although not all of you are “blood” family, you’re “love” family.”

144. “Although not all of you are “blood” family, you’re “love” family.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “I walk into the most heartfelt hug I’ve ever gotten from somebody who’s not related to me. There’s not any sympathy in it either. Just love and strength.”

145. “I walk into the most heartfelt hug I’ve ever gotten from somebody who’s not related to me. There’s not any sympathy in it either. Just love and strength.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “French braids. Are they cute? Yeah. Is it a process? Unfortunately. They’re so tight I can feel my thoughts.”

146. “French braids. Are they cute? Yeah. Is it a process? Unfortunately. They’re so tight I can feel my thoughts.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “DeVante. Khalil. Neither one of them thought they had much of a choice. If I were them, I’m not sure I’d make a much better one.”

147. “DeVante. Khalil. Neither one of them thought they had much of a choice. If I were them, I’m not sure I’d make a much better one.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “The world got some nerve going on without him. People laughing and dreaming when Dre can’t.”

148. “The world got some nerve going on without him. People laughing and dreaming when Dre can’t.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “Good afternoon, Ms. Carter,” Dr. Davis, the headmaster, says. He’s leaving as I’m going in and doesn’t wait for my response. Does he know all the students by name, or just the ones who are black like him? I hate that I think about stuff like that now.”

149. “Good afternoon, Ms. Carter,” Dr. Davis, the headmaster, says. He’s leaving as I’m going in and doesn’t wait for my response. Does he know all the students by name, or just the ones who are black like him? I hate that I think about stuff like that now.”

— Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas Quote: “But I’m tired of them just assuming.”

150. “But I’m tired of them just assuming.”

— Angie Thomas

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