Top 80 Jason Reynolds Quotes (2024 Update)
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Jason Reynolds Quote: “I’d just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn’t be bothered. Like you busy. And that’s better than people realizing that you not busy at all. That you not okay with lunchrooms that don’t have trays, and that ain’t big enough spaces to disappear in, and that don’t stink of week-old dirty mop water, which I now know is the familiar smell of love and friendship.”

51. “I’d just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn’t be bothered. Like you busy. And that’s better than people realizing that you not busy at all. That you not okay with lunchrooms that don’t have trays, and that ain’t big enough spaces to disappear in, and that don’t stink of week-old dirty mop water, which I now know is the familiar smell of love and friendship.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “We had been texting for exactly thirteen minutes, asking random questions, trying to figure out if we knew any of the same people, or if we liked the same kind of music – the usual interview process you go through when you’re trying to get the job as boyfriend.”

52. “We had been texting for exactly thirteen minutes, asking random questions, trying to figure out if we knew any of the same people, or if we liked the same kind of music – the usual interview process you go through when you’re trying to get the job as boyfriend.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “I SWEARSOMETIMES it feels God be flashing photos of his children, awkward, amazing, tucked in his wallet for the world to see.”

53. “I SWEARSOMETIMES it feels God be flashing photos of his children, awkward, amazing, tucked in his wallet for the world to see.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Because if it did- if it disappeared, if the voices vanished and you were no longer overtaken by the taunts of your own potential, no longer blinded by a perfect vision of your purpose, no longer engorged with passion- what would happen?”

54. “Because if it did- if it disappeared, if the voices vanished and you were no longer overtaken by the taunts of your own potential, no longer blinded by a perfect vision of your purpose, no longer engorged with passion- what would happen?”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Do you know the stats? It’s something like black people are twice as likely to have no weapons on them when they’re killed by cops. Twice as likely! Should I run down the list of the people this has happened to? Calm down? Let’s paint their names on the walls and watch, there’ll be enough to give the entire hospital a fresh new look. Then tell me to calm down. He could’ve been killed!”

55. “Do you know the stats? It’s something like black people are twice as likely to have no weapons on them when they’re killed by cops. Twice as likely! Should I run down the list of the people this has happened to? Calm down? Let’s paint their names on the walls and watch, there’ll be enough to give the entire hospital a fresh new look. Then tell me to calm down. He could’ve been killed!”

— Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds Quote: “The sound you hear in your head, the one people call ears ringing, sounds less like a bell, and more like a flatline.”

56. “The sound you hear in your head, the one people call ears ringing, sounds less like a bell, and more like a flatline.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “DON’T NOBODY believe nothing these days which is why I haven’t told nobody the story I’m about to tell you. And truth is, you probably ain’t gon’ believe it either gon’ think I’m lying or I’m losing it, but I’m telling you, this story is true. It happened to me. Really. It did.”

57. “DON’T NOBODY believe nothing these days which is why I haven’t told nobody the story I’m about to tell you. And truth is, you probably ain’t gon’ believe it either gon’ think I’m lying or I’m losing it, but I’m telling you, this story is true. It happened to me. Really. It did.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “My dad’s in jail for trying to shoot me and my mother,” I blurted.”

58. “My dad’s in jail for trying to shoot me and my mother,” I blurted.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Those that scar you are you.”

59. “Those that scar you are you.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “My hands were already up, a reflex from seeing a cop coming toward me.”

60. “My hands were already up, a reflex from seeing a cop coming toward me.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “He said we all showed promise. Well, that was something I had never heard before. That I was showing promise.”

61. “He said we all showed promise. Well, that was something I had never heard before. That I was showing promise.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Turned out, freedom in America was like quicksand. It looked solid until a Black person tried to stand on it. Then it became clear that it was a sinkhole.”

62. “Turned out, freedom in America was like quicksand. It looked solid until a Black person tried to stand on it. Then it became clear that it was a sinkhole.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “I really, really didn’t. I just wanted him to stop beating me. I just wanted to live.”

63. “I really, really didn’t. I just wanted him to stop beating me. I just wanted to live.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Again, dove into each other. This time the hug, a mix of I miss you and who are you and I’m confused and I’m cracking and I don’t know what the hell to do or where the hell to go. My father’s hand gripped my back as I did my best to bury myself in his armpit, to get lost in the new and strangely familiar feeling of fatherhood.”

64. “Again, dove into each other. This time the hug, a mix of I miss you and who are you and I’m confused and I’m cracking and I don’t know what the hell to do or where the hell to go. My father’s hand gripped my back as I did my best to bury myself in his armpit, to get lost in the new and strangely familiar feeling of fatherhood.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Science says the races are biologically equal so if they’re not in society, the only reason why can be racism.”

65. “Science says the races are biologically equal so if they’re not in society, the only reason why can be racism.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “To know the past is to know the present. To know the present is to know yourself.”

66. “To know the past is to know the present. To know the present is to know yourself.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Thank you, young people. I wish I could name you all. But I’d rather you name yourselves.”

67. “Thank you, young people. I wish I could name you all. But I’d rather you name yourselves.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Paul’d gotten it all wrong. Becoming a cop would not make him a hero- but what kind of cop he became could have.”

68. “Paul’d gotten it all wrong. Becoming a cop would not make him a hero- but what kind of cop he became could have.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “How do you tell water ain’t nothing funny about drowing?”

69. “How do you tell water ain’t nothing funny about drowing?”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “If people aren’t careful, they can be tricked into believing a big deal, is a done deal. Like there’s no more fight left. No reason to keep pushing. That freedom is an actual destination.”

70. “If people aren’t careful, they can be tricked into believing a big deal, is a done deal. Like there’s no more fight left. No reason to keep pushing. That freedom is an actual destination.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Just so you know, patent leather shoes should only be for men who are getting married. Nothing about patent leather says “war.”

71. “Just so you know, patent leather shoes should only be for men who are getting married. Nothing about patent leather says “war.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “When really he was the kid who is Spider-Man. Well, as of the night before, the kid formally known as Spider-Man.”

72. “When really he was the kid who is Spider-Man. Well, as of the night before, the kid formally known as Spider-Man.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “My brain exploded into a million thoughts and only one thought at the same time – please don’t kill me.”

73. “My brain exploded into a million thoughts and only one thought at the same time – please don’t kill me.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “So, slavery, though a brutal attack on Black humanity, was really just proof that White people were bad believers in Jesus.”

74. “So, slavery, though a brutal attack on Black humanity, was really just proof that White people were bad believers in Jesus.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Fooled by racist ideas, I did not fully realize that the only thing wrong with Black people is that we think something is wrong with Black people. I did not fully realize that the only thing extraordinary about White people is that they think something is extraordinary about White people.”

75. “Fooled by racist ideas, I did not fully realize that the only thing wrong with Black people is that we think something is wrong with Black people. I did not fully realize that the only thing extraordinary about White people is that they think something is extraordinary about White people.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “What I mean by that is we – all of us – have to fight against performance and lean into participation. We have to be participants. Active.”

76. “What I mean by that is we – all of us – have to fight against performance and lean into participation. We have to be participants. Active.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “The squawking mockingbird had stopped its pecking and had transformed into a panther, brandishing teeth.”

77. “The squawking mockingbird had stopped its pecking and had transformed into a panther, brandishing teeth.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Either way, Zurara’s documentation of the racist idea that Africans needed slavery in order to be fed and taught Jesus, and that it was all ordained by God, began to seep in and stick to the European cultural psyche.”

78. “Either way, Zurara’s documentation of the racist idea that Africans needed slavery in order to be fed and taught Jesus, and that it was all ordained by God, began to seep in and stick to the European cultural psyche.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “And without power, all the protesting in the world meant nothing. The shift went from fighting for civil rights to fighting for freedom. The difference between the two is simple. One implies a fight for fairness. The other, a right to live.”

79. “And without power, all the protesting in the world meant nothing. The shift went from fighting for civil rights to fighting for freedom. The difference between the two is simple. One implies a fight for fairness. The other, a right to live.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “So when I was done sitting at the bus stop in front of the gym, and came across all those kids on the track at the park, practicing, I had to go see what was going on, because running ain’t nothing I ever had to practice. It’s just something I knew how to do.”

80. “So when I was done sitting at the bus stop in front of the gym, and came across all those kids on the track at the park, practicing, I had to go see what was going on, because running ain’t nothing I ever had to practice. It’s just something I knew how to do.”

— Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds Quote: “Fooled by racist ideas, I did not fully realize that the only thing wrong with Black people is that we think something is wrong with Black people. I did not fully realize that the only thing extraordinary about White people is that they think something is extraordinary about White people. There are lazy, hardworking, wise, unwise, harmless, and harmful individuals of every race, but no racial group is better or worse than another racial group in any way.”

81. “Fooled by racist ideas, I did not fully realize that the only thing wrong with Black people is that we think something is wrong with Black people. I did not fully realize that the only thing extraordinary about White people is that they think something is extraordinary about White people. There are lazy, hardworking, wise, unwise, harmless, and harmful individuals of every race, but no racial group is better or worse than another racial group in any way.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Like, for me, the best way to describe it is, I got a lot of scream inside.”

82. “Like, for me, the best way to describe it is, I got a lot of scream inside.”

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Jason Reynolds Quote: “Shawn’s dead. So strange to say. So sad. But I guess not surprising, which I guess is even stranger, and even sadder.”

83. “Shawn’s dead. So strange to say. So sad. But I guess not surprising, which I guess is even stranger, and even sadder.”

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