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Patina (Track, #2) QUOTES

Patina (Track, #2) QUOTES

1 " I should probably introduce myself. My name is Patina Jones. And I ain’t no junk. I also ain’t no hair flipper. And most of the girls at Chester Academy are hair flippers who be looking at me like my mom some kind of junk maker. "

― Jason Reynolds , Patina (Track, #2)

2 " I’d just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn’t be bothered. Like you busy. And that’s better than people realizing that you not busy at all. That you not okay with lunchrooms that don’t have trays, and that ain’t big enough spaces to disappear in, and that don’t stink of week-old dirty mop water, which I now know is the familiar smell of love and friendship. "

― Jason Reynolds , Patina (Track, #2)

3 " Instead I just swallowed it all. And wished this was all some kind of invisible, pretend . . . something. But it wasn’t. "

― Jason Reynolds , Patina (Track, #2)

4 " T-N-T, which is funny because most of the time I just "

― Jason Reynolds , Patina (Track, #2)

5 " the foil on the ends glinting like each braid was a Fourth of July sparkler. "

― Jason Reynolds , Patina (Track, #2)