Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish and is now run by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she will post a new Top Ten list . Everyone is welcome to join.
This week’s topic is:
Top 10 Favorite Book Quotes from Diverse Books!
- “…they don’t fucking see us even when they’re looking right at us.” -The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
- “Leading ladies are badass queens making jefa moves.” You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
- “…I need to flip that switch in my brain so that I can believe these police are here to help. I wish I could trust them automatically, but I can’t. History has a way of latching on to you. Like touching a hot stove- you only need to do it once before you know better.” This is My America by Kim Johnson
- “You know what, fuck the mike,” she says. We’ll just have to make a ton of noise.” Running by Natalia Sylvester
- “Dad told him that people would look at him as older, no matter his size. That, to a lot of people, Black boys never really get to be boys.” The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
- “I think we need to burn the whole thing to the ground and start over. The entire system, the ideals, that have been woven into this society. It all has to go.” Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- “Being fat and pretty aren’t exclusive traits, though. Fat people can be pretty, pretty people can be fat.” I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
- “This is what its like to be Black in this country or anywhere in the world. They interrupt our joy. Our history. Our progress. They know they can’t stop us unless they kill us but they can’t kill us all.” The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- “Remember: There are no real allies in war, only people who are valuable enough at the moment to delay the inevitable destruction they will eventually face at your own hands.” You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- “Why do they hate us so much?” This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling
Have you read any of these? What do you think of these quotes? Did any of these quotes make your list? Let me know in the comments!
Ooh nice quotes. Not seeing too many people doing this topic today! Guess no one wanted to go digging for quotes. Lol.
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