I love these kids. I’m just here to bear witness to their lives, because I believe that it is in bearing witness that everything is made real. - Jason Reynolds

It's hard to be what you can't see.

People are like, "Well it's not standard English." So what? Standard English is for standard people.

…And I just remember the pain – the pain of the lost friend but also the pain of meeting a part of myself that I didn’t know existed. A part of myself that could lose control to the point where I could commit a murder. That’s a very human thing. I think that most of us don’t ever meet that part of ourselves that exists within all of us. This rage that, when triggered, will cause you to do things that you don’t necessarily understand that you’re doing.