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Nic Stone QUOTES

1 " The truth is, I've been learning a lot about myself lately, and at this point, I don't feel like any of the labels really fit me. "

― Nic Stone , Odd One Out

2 " You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you. When it comes down to it, the only question that matters is this: If nothing in the world ever changes, what type of man are you gonna be? "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

3 " SJ: Ah, okay... so you're saying people just need to pull themselves up by their boostraps?
Jared: Exactly.
SJ: In order to do that, they have to be able to afford boots. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

4 " Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

5 " No need to send a king when a princess will do. "

― Nic Stone , Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1

6 " Yeah, there are no more “colored” water fountains, and it’s supposed to be illegal to discriminate, but if I can be forced to sit on the concrete in too-tight cuffs when I’ve done nothing wrong, it’s clear there’s an issue. That things aren’t as equal as folks say they are. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

7 " The real issue? He didn't wanna be the black guy accused of "playing the race card" at a state tournament. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

8 " You ever consider that maybe you not supposed to 'fit'? People who make history rarely do. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

9 " People often learn more from getting an undeserved pass than they would from being punished. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

10 " You can't change how other people think and act, but you're in full control of you. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

11 " But before you say something “isn’t fair,” you should consider your starting point versus someone else’s. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

12 " What do I do when my very identity is being mocked by people who refuse to admit there’s a problem? "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

13 " It’s like I’m trying to climb a mountain, but I’ve got one fool trying to shove me down so I won’t be on his level, and another fool tugging at my leg, trying to pull me to the ground he refuses to leave. Jared and Trey are only two people, but after today, I know that when I head to Yale next fall (because I AM going there), I’m gonna be paranoid about people looking at me and wondering if I’m qualified to be there. How do I work against this, Martin? Getting real with you, I feel a little defeated. Knowing there are people who don’t want me to succeed is depressing. Especially coming from two directions. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

14 " You ever consider that maybe you not supposed to ‘fit’? People who make history rarely do. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

15 " I thought if I made sure to be an upstanding member of society, I’d be exempt from the stuff THOSE black guys deal with, you know? Really hard to swallow that I was wrong. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

16 " Life is a journey without a map, and as such, we'll all encounter twists and turns that force us to correct our course or change directions entirely. "

― Nic Stone , Odd One Out

17 " Why try to do right if people will always look at me and assume wrong? "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

18 " I’ve got one memory of the day everything happened: sharp pains in my chest and shoulder, and then not being able to breathe. In that moment when I thought I was dying, it hit me: despite how good of a dude Martin was, they still killed him, man. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

19 " That idiot ‘pundit’ would rather believe you and Manny were thugs than believe a twenty-year veteran cop made a snap judgment based on skin color. He identifies with the cop. If the cop is capable of murder, it means he’s capable of the same. He can’t accept that. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)

20 " And that’s what it comes down to. We find the families we were desperate for and learn different ways of going about things. Ways that sometimes land us in places/positions we don’t really wanna be in. "

― Nic Stone , Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)