The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) QUOTES

2 " I suddenly remember how different I am from most of the kids here. Nobody would have to drag me or my brothers to the Bahamas; we'd swim there if we could. For us, a family vacation is staying at a local hotel with a swimming pool for a weekend. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

4 " At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

6 " Maya’s boyfriend, Ryan, happens to be the only other black kid in eleventh grade, and everybody expects us to be together. Because apparently when it’s two of us, we have to be on some Noah’s Ark type shit and pair up to preserve the blackness of our grade. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

8 " I have to think about that one for a minute. “Everybody’s pissed ’cause One-Fifteen hasn’t been charged,” I say, “but also because he’s not the first one to do something like this and get away with it. It’s been happening, and people will keep rioting until it changes. So I guess the system’s still giving hate, and everybody’s still getting fucked?”

Daddy laughs and gives me dap. “My girl. Watch your mouth, but yeah, that’s about right. And we won’t stop getting fucked till it changes. That’s the key. It’s gotta change.”

A lump forms in my throat as the truth hits me. Hard. “That’s why people are speaking out, huh? Because it won’t change if we don’t say something."

"Exactly. We can't be silent."

"So I can't be silent. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

10 " It’s also about Oscar.
Aiyana.
Trayvon.
Rekia.
Michael.
Eric.
Tamir.
John.
Ezell.
Sandra.
Freddie.
Alton.
Philando.
It’s even about that little boy in 1955 who nobody recognized at first—Emmett. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

12 " When I was twelve, my parents had two talks with me.

One was the usual birds and bees. Well, I didn't really get the usual version. My mom, Lisa, is a registered nurse, and she told me what went where, and what didn't need to go here, there, or any damn where till I'm grown. Back then, I doubted anything was going anywhere anyway. While all the other girls sprouted breasts between sixth and seventh grade, my chest was as flat as my back.

The other talk was about what to do if a cop stopped me.

Momma fussed and told Daddy I was too young for that. He argued that I wasn't too young to get arrested or shot.

"Starr-Starr, you do whatever they tell you to do," he said. "Keep your hands visible. Don't make any sudden moves. Only speak when they speak to you."

I knew it must've been serious. Daddy has the biggest mouth of anybody I know, and if he said to be quiet, I needed to be quiet.

I hope somebody had the talk with Khalil. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

14 " It's like a 'Fragile' sticker's on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they'd rather say nothing at all. But the silence is worst. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

16 " He was a drug dealer.” It hurts to say that. “And possibly a gang member.”

“Why was he a drug dealer? Why are so many people in our neighborhood drug dealers?”

I remember what Khalil said—he got tired of choosing between lights and food. “They need money,” I say. “And they don’t have a lot of other ways to get it."

"Right. Lack of opportunities," Daddy says. "Corporate America don't bring jobs to our communities, and they damn sure ain't quick to hire us. Then, shit, even if you do have a high school diploma, so many of the schools in our neighborhoods don't prepare us well enough. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

18 " [Tupac Shakur] said Thug Life stood for "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody." We did all that stuff last night because we were pissed, and it fucked all of us. Now we have to somehow un-fuck everybody. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)

20 " With me living forty-five minutes away, Tumblr is supposed to be sacred ground where our friendship is cemented. Unfollowing me is the same as saying, ‘I don’t like you anymore. "

― Angie Thomas , The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)