I would go to the store, I would buy cassette tapes, and I would read the liner notes and sort of subconsciously creating the connections between the rappers that I was reading and the poets that they were teaching us… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
If a kid is reading a book about someone who looks like them but doesn't talk like them, we stunt their growth by dissing them. — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“AND YOU KNOW it's weird to know a person you don't know and at the same time not know a person you know, you… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“And I'll never go asleep again believing that touching them or anything of his will lead to an arm around my neck. But it… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
The idea of the mask in any scenario has always fascinated me. Not only does it protect identity, it also allows one to hide. — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“AND EVEN THOUGH his face was wet with tears he wasn't supposed to cry when he was alive, I couldn't see him as anything… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
Rappers are the white authors of our generation. They know me, my language, my codes, my family, my block. — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“I SWEAR SOMETIMES it feels like God be flashing photos of his children, awkward, amazing, tucked in his wallet for the world to see.… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
My relationship to comics isn't nearly as strong as some people's. Ha! I mean, I grew up with a comic book fanatic. My older… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Shawn turned back toward me, eyes dull from death but shining from tears, finally spoke to me. Just two words, like a joke he'd… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
I just want young people to read my books and feel cared for, feel safe, feel like there's someone else in the world who… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
