On the Come Up
Angie Thomas
Top 10 Best Quotes
“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.”
“That’s when I learned that when people die, they sometimes take the living with them.”
“Church is full of people with plenty to say and nothing to do. You’d think some of them would help us instead of talk about us, but I guess it’s easy to say you love Jesus and harder to act like him.”
“There's only so much you can take being described as somebody you're not.”
“Unarmed and dangerous, but America, you made us, only time we famous is when we die and you blame us.”
“I've always had this theory that God is a sitcom writer who loves to put me in ridiculous situations.”
“Let be real: We're black kids from one of the worst neighborhoods in the city. All it takes is one of us messing up, and suddenly all of us messed up.”
“It is kinda messed up. Here my brother is, doing everything right, and nothing's coming from it. Meanwhile, Aunt Pooh's doing everything we've been told not to do, and she's giving us food when we need it. That's how it goes though. The drug dealers in my neighborhood aren't struggling. Everybody else is.”
“Never let yourself drown while trying to save somebody that don't want to be saved.”
“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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