Top 280 Angie Thomas Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “We ain’t gotta live there to change things, baby. We just gotta give a damn...”

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

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153. “I mean, it’s one thing to wanna do something. It’s another to think it’s possible. Rapping has been my dream forever, but dreams aren’t real. You wake up from them or reality makes them seem stupid. Trust, every time my fridge is almost empty, all of my dreams seem stupid.”

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154. “If folks can’t do anything else, they’ll cook.”

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155. “Something to live for, something to die for.”

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156. “Spring has decided to go through an identity crisis and get chilly on me.”

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

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158. “My heart pounds loudly, but Daddy’s instructions echo in my head: Get a good look at the cop’s face. If you can remember his badge number, that’s even better.”

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159. “Her red eyes remind me of what Khalil said when we were little, that his momma had turned into a dragon. He claimed that one day he’d become a knight and turn her back.”

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160. “My parents haven’t raised me to fear the police, just to be smart around them.”

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161. “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.”

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162. “All these flavors out here, and you choose to be salty” -Sonny.”

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163. “The hospital fired her ’cause she was sick.”

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

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165. “The Garden passes by my window. Older folks water their flowers or bring out their trash cans. A couple of cars blast music on high. Seems normal, but things haven’t been the same since the riots. The neighborhood doesn’t feel nearly as safe. Not that the Garden was ever a utopia, hell no, but before I only worried about GDs and Crowns. Now I gotta worry about the cops too?”

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166. “A hairbrush is not a gun.”

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

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168. “When Daddy isn’t home, Seven acts like he’s the man of the house by default. Momma always has to break his name down and put him in his place.”

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169. “It’s like a ‘Fragile’ sticker’s on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they’d rather say nothing at all. But the silence is worst.”

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

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171. “How he could sell the very stuff that took his momma from him? Did he realize that he was taking somebody else’s momma from them?”

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172. “What’s it about this time?” I ask. “Pop Tarts,” Britt says. Hailey turns to us and points at Luke. “This jerk actually said they’re better warmed up in the microwave.” “Eww,” I say, instead of my usual “Ill,” and Maya goes, “Are you serious?”

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173. “With me living forty-five minutes away, Tumblr is supposed to be sacred ground where our friendship is cemented. Unfollowing me is the same as saying, ‘I don’t like you anymore.”

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174. “A good garden needs good conversation.”

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175. “Good.” He gets the grapes out the refrigerator. “You still got that old laptop? The one you had before we bought you that expensive-ass fruit one?” I laugh. “It’s an Apple MacBook, Daddy.” “It damn sure wasn’t the price of an apple. Anyway, you got the old one?”

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176. “Toen ik twaaf was, wilden mijn ouders twee keer ergens over praten. Het ene gesprek ging uiteraard over de bloemetjes en bijtjes. Het andere gesprek ging over wat ik moest doen als ik werd aangehouden door de politie.”

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177. “Faith isn’t just believing but taking steps toward that belief.”

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178. “And the thing about the stank-eye is at some point you feel it on you, inviting you to kick some ass or have your ass kicked.”

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179. “Sometimes one person’s hero is another person’s monster, or in my case, father.”

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180. “Her name just HAD to be Karen,’ Sonny says. ‘Bet she puts raisins in her potato salad.’ I smirk, and we cross our arms over our chests. Wakanda forever.”

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181. “You know how many rich white folks come to the courthouse on drug possession?” “A whole lot,” says Jay. “Too many,” Aunt ‘Chelle says. “Every single one gets a little slap on the wrist and goes right back into society, like it’s all good. Black folks or poor folks get on drugs?” “We’re ruined for life,” Jay says.”

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182. “High school ain’t the end or the beginning. It ain’t even in the middle. You ’bout to do big things, whether they see it or not. I see it. Everybody last night saw it. Long as you see it, that’s all that matters.”

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183. “Yeah, people get killed around here, and nah, it’s not always by the police, but Jay says this was like having a stranger come in your house, steal one of your kids, and blame you for it because your family was dysfunctional, while the whole world judges you for being upset.”

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184. “I told you guys my grandparents visited, and it was their first time celebrating Thanksgiving. Hailey asked if we ate a cat. Because we’re Chinese.” Ho-ly.”

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185. “When you’re a kid in a one-bedroom in the projects, rich is the best thing anybody can be.”

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186. “But it’s kinda like saying one side of the Death Star is safer than the other. It’s still the goddamn Death Star.”

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187. “Please give her peace and courage. As much as I wanna ask you to work this case out a certain way, I know you already got a plan. I ask for some mercy, God. That’s all. Mercy for Garden Heights, for Khalil’s family, for Starr. Help all of us through this.”

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188. “I bet she need a distraction, and babies good at helping you forget death. Probably ’cause they so new.”

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189. “I mean, it’s one thing to wanna do something. It’s another to think it’s possible.”

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190. “Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”

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191. “Daddy watches us; her attack dog, waiting for us to make a wrong move. That’s how they work. Momma does the first round, and if it’s not successful, Daddy goes for the KO. And you never want Daddy to go for the KO.”

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192. “They went to Taipei, the Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in the hood and saw a cop kill my friend.”

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

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194. “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.”

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195. “You can say something racist and not be a racist!”

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196. “The more people in your life, the more people who can leave your life, you know? I’ve lost enough as it is.”

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197. “I wanna make sure I got this right. Does he mean the same niece I took care of while he was locked up? Huh? The one I took to her first day of school because he took a charge for his so-called boy? The one I held when she cried for her daddy?”

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198. “I hear you, but Khalil didn’t have to sell drugs,” I say. “You stopped doing it.” “True, but unless you’re in his shoes, don’t judge him.”

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199. “She’s called Jay that ‘ol’ hood rat from the projects’ plenty of times. Then again, Jay has called her ‘that ol’ bougie heffa’ just as much.”

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200. “I look at the stars again. Daddy says he named me Starr because I was his light in the darkness. I need some light in my own darkness right about now.”

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