“You have to take people one at a time, check out what's in their head and heart before you judge.” — Nikki Grimes Head and heart Copy Share Image
“I woke up this morning exhausted from hiding the me of me. So I stand here confiding there's more to Devon than… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me. — Nikki Grimes Art Copy Share Image
“Choose whatever box you like, Mike. Just don't put me in one, son. Believe me, I won't fit.” — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
“The lack of goodness in the young gun's heart was oxygen to the fire, and so he burned for a good long… — Nikki Grimes Dream Copy Share Image
“I watch myself, like some stranger, rise and march right over to sit beside my old enemy, because you tell me your… — Nikki Grimes Life Copy Share Image
“The crashing sound of years lost shattered in her ears, and new fears emerged from the looking glass. Sometimes I wonder if… — Nikki Grimes Fear Copy Share Image
When I think of the Harlem Renaissance, I think of bright colors, and bold, dynamic art. African American artists of the period… — Nikki Grimes African american Copy Share Image
Each of us is tied, in some fashion, to the past. We are all part of a continuum. — Nikki Grimes Continuum Copy Share Image
“The day she clips her way out of her cocoon, the only sound she plans to hear is a deafening cheer.” — Nikki Grimes Positive Copy Share Image
