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101 " I'm going into battle, hope I don't get hit. Lord if your listening, get me out of this shit". "
― Walter Dean Myers
102 " The lure of seeing new places, different ways of life, has been almost irresistible. "
103 " once i began to read I began to exist "
104 " I am too real not to know that real will kill meI am too street not to know what the streets holdfor me "
― Walter Dean Myers , Street Love
105 " When you're young, you make mistakes. The big thing that's different now is that when I was a kid, you could survive your mistakes. We didn't have guns. Today, kids have access to guns. The same kids that would have been in trouble and gotten a stern talking-to are now going to jail for fifteen or twenty years. Instead of bloody noses there are bodies lying in the street with chalk outlines around them. The values are basically the same, but it's easier to mess up. "
106 " CUT TO: ERNIE, another prisoner, sitting on john, pants down. "
― Walter Dean Myers , Monster
107 " (W)hen you're playing with fire you've got to deal with the heat...And fire ain't particular about who it burns. "
― Walter Dean Myers , Harlem Summer
108 " Look to me like you've been making garbage for a while and dragging it with you. Now you need to get out of ere, and that garbage is weighing you down. "
109 " How do you keep your guys safe?" Coles asked. "By killing everything that ain't smiling, and half of everything that is," the marine captain answered. "
― Walter Dean Myers , Sunrise Over Fallujah
110 " I asked myself what did Adam know of paradise?" said the sheik, who told us to call him Hamid. "He woke up one day and found himself in the Holy Garden and he had never known anything else. That's what I think has happened to America. You are a young people. What have you known but the paradise of peace and security and wealth? "
111 " They didn’t allow kids in the visiting area, which was funny. It was funny because if I wasn’t locked up, I wouldn’t be allowed to come into the visiting room. "
112 " To come right down to it, if I take my kind of things in which I believe, then add to that the kind of temperament that I have to whatever I believe in-- these are ingredients which make it just about impossible for me to die of old age.-- The autobiography of Malcom X "
113 " To come right down to it, if I take the kind of things in which I believe, then add to that the kind of temperament that I have, plus the one hundred percent dedication I have to whatever I believe in--these are ingredients which make it just about impossible for me to die of old age.-- The autobiography of Malcom X "
― Walter Dean Myers , Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
114 " We had tasted what it was like being dead. We had rolled it around in our mouths and swallowed it and now the stink from it was coming from us. We weren't all right. We would have to learn to be alive again. "
115 " Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. Felony murder is as serious as it gets. Sandra Petrocelli is the prosecutor, and she’s good. They’re pushing for the death penalty, which is really bad. The jury might think they’re doing you a big favor by giving you life in prison. So you’d better take this trial very, very seriously. When you’re in court, you sit there and you pay attention. You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do. You don’t turn and wave to any of your friends. It’s all right to acknowledge your mother. I have to go and talk to the judge. The trial will begin in a few minutes. Is there anything you want to ask "
116 " Black soldiers found themselves in a dilemma. On the one hand they were being trained to risk their lives in defense of the country, while on the other hand they were being told to accept their role as inferior citizens. "
― Walter Dean Myers , The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
117 " That's what makes poor people poor...They're looking to find treasures instead of working and saving every day. "
― Walter Dean Myers , The Mouse Rap
118 " Many of the other white military units on the base defended the black soldiers, refusing to join in with the local racists. Northern white soldiers often refused to patronize white stores that refused to serve black soldiers. "
119 " On December 27 land was sighted. They had reached France. The men were confined to the ship until New Year’s Day but were happy to be the first black unit to reach Europe. "
120 " My friends, in these desperate times we must use every weapon we have...You must understand that patience can be a weapon. "
― Walter Dean Myers , Three Swords for Granada