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61 " I mean, why would I want to look like the people who stole us from our home, enslaved us, and murdered our ancestors? Why we worshipping white as beautiful when we were queens? "
― Tiffany D. Jackson , Let Me Hear a Rhyme
62 " But... he’s gone.”“See, that’s the thing... he’s not dead.”“Not to us,” Jarrell adds with a grin. "
63 " Yet we’re two of the few girls of color in a field of lilies. "
― Tiffany D. Jackson , Grown
64 " Well, that too. But no, I liked it ’cause the princess saved herself. "
65 " First, I was used as a resident babysitter, so I didn’t have a life of my own, now I’m being used again. This time for money. I don’t know what’s worse. "
66 " Korey is twenty-eight. I’m seventeen. That’s only . . . an eleven-year difference. When I’m eighteen, he’ll be twenty-nine. Gabriela is three years younger than Jay. Kylie Jenner was eight years younger than Tyga. Beyoncé was eighteen when she met thirty-year-old Jay-Z. Mom is seven years younger than Daddy. It’s not that uncommon. "
67 " One of which was a hot comb. "
― Tiffany D. Jackson , The Weight of Blood
68 " Mr. Thomas is talking about the Civil War. But there’s a different kind of war going on inside me, the kind that will take an infinite number of battles to win. "
69 " I'd kill for something, anything new to read. But I'd never say anything like that at all. Figures of speech are luxurious convicted murders are not allowed to have "
― Tiffany D. Jackson , Allegedly
70 " Understand, there’s a big difference between baby jail and juvie, where the rest of the girls in the house come from. Juvie is for badass kids who do stuff like rob bodegas, steal cars, maybe stupidly try to kill someone. Baby jail is for kids who’ve done way worse, like me. "
71 " That’s the only advice Momma ever really gave me. Keep praying. God will work everything out. It never occurred to her that maybe she should try to work some things out for herself. Sometimes I wanted to shout, “God’s a little busy, Momma! He can’t find your keys for you all the time!” She was always lazy like that, expecting everyone else to everything for her. God and I share the same problem. "
72 " The group home is always muggy, like we live in an old shoe, smelling like corn chips mixed with roach spray. I never call the group home “home.” It’s not a home. No house where you fear for your life can be considered a home. "
73 " And then my whole universe had opened up and he became my sun. "
74 " With Monday humming along. "
― Tiffany D. Jackson , Monday's Not Coming
75 " But I’m only the weakest part of angry; I’m hurt. Hurt makes you want to lay in the middle of the street, dead on the ground, muscles gone limp. It’s an SAT word I think: lethargic - Mary, pg 203 "
― Tiffany D. Jackson
76 " Yo, you ever read 50 Shades of Grey? My stomach clenches. Something that always happens when he asks questions that feel outside my box. No. I’ve heard of it though. It’s a good story. You should read it. "
77 " But I can’t be a fly, not today. I have to prepare. Be on high alert and focused. Because in a few hours, the most dangerous, most diabolical, most conniving woman in the world is visiting me today:My mother. "
78 " My heart deflates a bit. I love Beyoncé, but they use that comparison because that’s the only black singer they know. "
79 " ...Dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds. "