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Top 15 Joya Goffney Quotes (2025 Update)

Joya Goffney Quote: “Cowards will do anything to feel safe, to feel in control. I used to be a coward, too, but the first brave thing I ever did was to stop being your friend.”

1. “Cowards will do anything to feel safe, to feel in control. I used to be a coward, too, but the first brave thing I ever did was to stop being your friend.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I’m so done with letting pain take the wheel. Now it’s time to let love drive.”

2. “I’m so done with letting pain take the wheel. Now it’s time to let love drive.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “She’s right. I am a warrior. I faced my to-do list. I fought for my freedom. I stopped allowing Destany and Gia to abuse me. I finally told my parents about Columbia. And now I’m here. I’m back at the place where I first found myself, finding more pieces of who I am. I dive in and let the cold swallow me up.”

3. “She’s right. I am a warrior. I faced my to-do list. I fought for my freedom. I stopped allowing Destany and Gia to abuse me. I finally told my parents about Columbia. And now I’m here. I’m back at the place where I first found myself, finding more pieces of who I am. I dive in and let the cold swallow me up.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “My smile widens. It grows and grows, like a plant that you water every day, like a scar that heals from patience, like the time you take to make sure you feel okay. So big and so bright.”

4. “My smile widens. It grows and grows, like a plant that you water every day, like a scar that heals from patience, like the time you take to make sure you feel okay. So big and so bright.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I feel like you see parts of me that I never knew existed.”

5. “I feel like you see parts of me that I never knew existed.”

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Joya Goffney Quote: “Listen to me, li’l girl.” She raises my chin to look in her eyes. “Home is not a place. Home is in here.” She pats her hand over her heart. She says, “Don’t you fear, I’m right here.”

6. “Listen to me, li’l girl.” She raises my chin to look in her eyes. “Home is not a place. Home is in here.” She pats her hand over her heart. She says, “Don’t you fear, I’m right here.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “If you say that you’re not the type of person to feel comfortable in this situation, you’re telling yourself how to feel the next time.”

7. “If you say that you’re not the type of person to feel comfortable in this situation, you’re telling yourself how to feel the next time.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “Because I realized today that that’s what I did to you. I forced you to get naked before you were ready. And I’m disgusted at myself for doing that to you.”

8. “Because I realized today that that’s what I did to you. I forced you to get naked before you were ready. And I’m disgusted at myself for doing that to you.”

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Joya Goffney Quote: “I wasted so much time living in fear that I thought I was comfortable, but I was writing in a cage that I didn’t know existed, making lists of all my worries with no intent to do anything about them.”

9. “I wasted so much time living in fear that I thought I was comfortable, but I was writing in a cage that I didn’t know existed, making lists of all my worries with no intent to do anything about them.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “The things we resent about other people, aren’t those always the things we hate about ourselves?”

10. “The things we resent about other people, aren’t those always the things we hate about ourselves?”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “It feels natural – we’re giving and receiving and not overthinking it.”

11. “It feels natural – we’re giving and receiving and not overthinking it.”

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Joya Goffney Quote: “That’s not the worst part. After they realized I was there, Destany, my best friend, said to them, ‘Don’t worry about Quinn. She’s practically white anyway.”

12. “That’s not the worst part. After they realized I was there, Destany, my best friend, said to them, ‘Don’t worry about Quinn. She’s practically white anyway.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I don’t know that. Fear is dangerous. Fear kills Black men.” “You think my dad would kill you?” I ask, meeting his gaze. “If your dad had a gun on him that day, I think I might be dead right now.” It hurts that he would fear for his life at my house. That a boy with skin as dark as mine doesn’t feel safe around my father.”

13. “I don’t know that. Fear is dangerous. Fear kills Black men.” “You think my dad would kill you?” I ask, meeting his gaze. “If your dad had a gun on him that day, I think I might be dead right now.” It hurts that he would fear for his life at my house. That a boy with skin as dark as mine doesn’t feel safe around my father.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I find it interesting that two Black students were bullied on school grounds, and you don’t seem to think anything can be done.”

14. “I find it interesting that two Black students were bullied on school grounds, and you don’t seem to think anything can be done.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “But we all know that none of our homes are perfect. And there’s an understanding between us.”

15. “But we all know that none of our homes are perfect. And there’s an understanding between us.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I think to myself, If I can still move, what I’m gon’ be still for? Maybe because I’m too scared to move. Because if I move, people might see me. Because staying still is easier.”

16. “I think to myself, If I can still move, what I’m gon’ be still for? Maybe because I’m too scared to move. Because if I move, people might see me. Because staying still is easier.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them.”

17. “There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them.”

— Joya Goffney

Joya Goffney Quote: “I hold threats in my eyes. Today is not the day to try me.”

18. “I hold threats in my eyes. Today is not the day to try me.”

— Joya Goffney

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