Angie Thomas

Literature births activists.

— Angie Thomas

“Hoedom is universal.”

— Angie Thomas

Art is activism.

— Angie Thomas

Writing is a form of activism.

— Angie Thomas

“For real?” I say what I’m supposed to.”

— Angie Thomas

“God gave you a brain. You don't need theirs.”

— Angie Thomas

“Man, you ain't white. You light-skinned.”

— Angie Thomas

“The hospital fired her ’cause she was sick.”

— Angie Thomas

“empathy is more powerful than sympathy”

— Angie Thomas

“Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.”

— Angie Thomas

“I don't have to wait around for her to change. I can let go.”

— Angie Thomas

I want you to realize your voice matters.

— Angie Thomas

“what society feeds us as youth and how it comes back and bites them later,”

— Angie Thomas

When I was a kid, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was easy…

— Angie Thomas

Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done…

— Angie Thomas

“This is about Us, with a capital U; everybody who looks like us, feels like us, and is experiencing this pain with…

— Angie Thomas

“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”

— Angie Thomas

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

— Angie Thomas

“And at the end of the day, you don’t kill someone for opening a car door. If you do, you shouldn’t be…

— Angie Thomas

“Spring has decided to go through an identity crisis and get chilly on me.”

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“How he could sell the very stuff that took his momma from him? Did he realize that he was taking somebody else’s…

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I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes,…

— Angie Thomas

“The ironic thing is though, at Williamson I don't have to "play it cool"--I'm cool by default because I'm one of the…

— Angie Thomas

I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on…

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Especially for young POC, when we enter majority-white spaces, we feel the need to assimilate, to blend in, to prove ourselves. I…

— Angie Thomas

Basketball requires discipline. So does writing. Basketball requires practice. So does writing. Basketball requires resilience. So does writing.

— Angie Thomas

“I hope none of them ask about my spring break. They went to Taipei, the Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in…

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“I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making sure the world knew…

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“What you mean he’s staying with us?” “Just what I said. He got in a little trouble in Garden Heights and needs…

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“Has this situation made you fearful of cops?" she eventually asks. "I don't know," I say truthfully. "My uncle's a cop. I…

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“Even if he was, I knew that boy. Watched him grow up with you. He was more than any bad decision he…

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“One of my biggest influences as a writer is J. K. Rowling . I grew up with Harry Potter. One thing I…

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I really do hope 'The Hate U Give' provides mirrors for readers who don't often get them in books. I've had so…

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“The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. There's quite a few of us now.…

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“When I was twelve, my parents had two talks with me. One was the usual birds and bees. Well, I didn't really…

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“Pac said Thug Life stood for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody.’” I raise my eyebrows. “What?” “Listen! The Hate…

— Angie Thomas

“A hairbrush. Khalil died over a fucking hairbrush.”

— Angie Thomas

“They didn't mention that he was unarmed.”

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“Something to live for, something to die for.”

— Angie Thomas

“..."She'll be a'ight." It's a prayer more than a prophecy.”

— Angie Thomas