Black girl Quote by Daniel José Older

“But once when she was chatting with some stupid boy online, she described herself as the color of coffee with not enough milk. There…

— Daniel José Older

“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.”…

— Daniel José Older

“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.”

— Daniel José Older

“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

“And then, like a dick, he's gone.”

— Daniel José Older

“...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

“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

“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

“My mama told me not to take freaky magic cards from strange white girls I meet in the woods.”

— Daniel José Older

“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

“But it was hard work making suggestions and not blatant declarations with her ever-changing Puerto Rican body.”

— Daniel José Older

“If we didn’t we’d be summarily executed, remember? Or long-distance choke-smashed by your beloved archwizard woo-woo-in-chief.”

— Daniel José Older