“
Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
The poems
were cool.
The best ones were
like bombs,
and when all the right words
came together
it was like an explosion.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
I think being an adult must be confusing as hell.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Books are fun, Nicholas, he says,
they're like
amusement parks
for readers.
Yeah, well, maybe
they would be fun
if I got to pick
the rides
sometimes, you answer
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
don’t rush though: your eyes need time to taste. your soul needs room to bloom.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (How to Read a Book)
“
It does not take a math genius to understand that when you subtract a mother from the equation what remains is negative.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
It's just hard to love someone who cancels the cable right before the Walking Dead marathon.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Bullies don’t like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover Series))
“
Books matter because kids matter and books make our kids better than we are.
”
”
Kwame Alexander
“
I want them to know
that banning a book
is like banning a hug
and THAT is a dismal storm
no child should be left behind in
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances)
“
Do they even have soccer in Kentucky?
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
I want them to know that banning a book is like banning a hug and that is a dismal storm no child should be left behind in.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances)
“
I want them to know
that banning a book
is like banning a hug
and THAT is a dismal storm
no should be left behind in
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances)
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover Series))
“
All because your bike
got stolen
and you lost
your cool
one night
and then
posted
that you needed
someone
to intervene
between you
and the monsters
and your cousin Julie
told your aunt
who called your dad
who texted Mom
who drove all night
and scheduled
an appointment
with St. Nick
who thinks your post
was a cry for help
when actually
you were just listening
to Eminem
and thought
the song was
kinda nice
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Center for Relational Recovery on a pleather
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover Series))
“
Thought
It does not take
a math genius
to understand that
when you subtract
a mother
from the equation
what remains
is negative.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Out of the Dust
is a story
about a lanky
piano-playing girl
named Billie Jo
whose mother
is gone,
whose father’s heart
and soul
are disappearing
into the dust
that blankets
their Oklahoma town,
and even though
the first 59 pages
rain down
hard on you,
when you get
to page 60
the monsoon comes
and the book is
unputdownable.
”
”
Kwame Alexander