“If you take any longer,” Rutilio chortled, “Sierra here will be in the nursing home by the time you’re done. Anyway, your entire family tree is a sad weed that I pull from my garden and spit on before I… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“This Book is Dedicated to Black Girls Everywhere. You are Powerful. You are Beautiful. You are Loved.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“But once when she was chatting with some stupid boy online, she described herself as the color of coffee with not enough milk. There was a pause in the conversation, and the words glared back at her strangely, like the echo of a burp in an empty auditorium. She wondered if what she’d typed was burning holes in her chat… — Daniel José Older Copy Share
“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.”… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“Spirits flitted through the red-and-orange sky like leaves blown on the October wind. They dipped and darted over the brownstones and housing projects, swooped… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“...and night would be falling over the ocean and all the lights would find her in the midst of the darkening world and the… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“So, sure – maybe I don’t know how I’m going to change the world yet… but whatever it is, it begins with what we’re… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“The same word anyone said when they didn’t understand something. Crazy was a way to shut people up, disregard them entirely.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“My mama told me not to take freaky magic cards from strange white girls I meet in the woods.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“Alright, beats,” Tee said. “Mina — you want crime?” “Actually …” She squirmed in her chair and tugged at the scarf she had wrapped… — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
“But it was hard work making suggestions and not blatant declarations with her ever-changing Puerto Rican body.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
