Brandy Colbert Quotes

Bravery doesn't always look like you think it will. And it's never too late to stand up for the right thing.

Lionel said as much to me once, how so many of the same people who are quick to empathize with physical disabilities don't understand why someone with depression can't just get up and get on with their day like the rest of the world. It's like they need a receipt that proves someone is actually going through some shit before they care about them.

We're sixteen. People expect us to fuck up.

She knows about the music stuff, but she doesn't care. That's why I didn't tell her about my job at the studio. She doesn't want make me want to be better, like you do. She doesn't get that it's scary... to want something so much and not be sure if you're good enough.

Sometimes I wish I could go back to being ten years old. Even just for a day. Everything was easier then.

There are different levels of trust, and I need to get back to the point where he trusts me so much he no longer has to say it aloud.

it’s like I’m seeing her for the first time every time.

Like, I knew I had to start working to make sure things change, or I'd never be able to forgive myself. I can't just sit back and watch this world go to shit, you know?

Why do people never say anything about 'statistics' to white kids? I'm a statistic if I have an abortion and a statistic if I have a baby. Black kids don't even get a chance to think about doing something wrong before everyone's telling us how vital it is that we don't mess up.

And I know, deep down, that it was the right thing to do, but my chest still hurts the same way it does on the last day of school or New Year's Eve or the night before my birthday. It's the end of a chapter in my life. And, yes, another one will eventually open where this one closed, but it's scary, taking away that piece of comfort. Of routine.

She was ALWAYS nice to me. ALWAYS. And patient and sweet. She was good to me and a good person in general.

Lionel is entirely too outdoorsy for such a bookish person

Held hands.

She hovers over me, her breasts bare.

And the next, I was pressed against the wall, her lips moving in a swift line from my chin to my collarbone.

She gently pushes me back on the bed and we start kissing again.

Changes takes time. And patience. And... a willingness to listen to people we may not understand.

Even if things don't go our way, it'll be alright. We'll get through it.

I am positive I just witnessed my brother falling in love at first sight.

I hate that I feel like nothing good is ever going to happen to me again. And that sometimes I don’t really feel anything at all. Like I’m just watching some dude who looks like me and it’s really fucking boring to spy on him because all he wants to do is stay in bed.

I cross my legs and lean forward with my elbows on my thighs, catch a quick glance in the mirror to evaluate how much of me has changed and how much has stayed the same. I can't see a big difference and I wonder if I've changed more on the inside or the outside over the years.

Frequent trips to libraries.

Lionel is entirely too outdoorsy for such a bookish person.

Always wanted to be with his books.

Talking about it makes it real again, harder to forget.

I dreamed about her.

Sometimes I’d complain about the pain in my feet and he’d say I should quit if it hurt so much. I don’t think he understood that it was all worth it, sore feet and ankles included.

A veces, sentía que el estudio era más mi hogar que mi propia casa.

Because now I can’t imagine Ewing Beach without her.

None of the bookstores or libraries he'd visit are open, so that knocks out three-quarters of his life right there.

People are complicated, little homie", Julian said, glancing over. "Nobody is all angel or devil. Dialogue between groups is good. Remember that.

Since the founding of the United States, racists have felt threatened by laws meant to expand justice and equality—they see the legislation as a roadblock to their own success, rather than something that provides people with the human rights they’ve always deserved.

I had always heard that modern day police departments were rooted in slave patrols, yet I was still surprised by the clear connection in my research. Many, many police officers set out, each day, to do their job of protecting the people they serve and would never think of shooting, let alone killing, an unarmed person simply because the sight of black or brown skin made them fear for their lives. But it's hard to divorce the way in which slave patrols in the south targeted black people before slavery was abolished from the way in which police departments, their reorganized reincarnations, did afterward. To these forces, black people were always the enemy- a community to be tamed, whose mere existence presents a threat to the maintenance of the status quo. And those ideals have clearly persisted through generations of law enforcement who failed to see black people as free, equal, and worthy of living their lives unbothered.

so I’m off to the polls before homeroom.

Her voice is as smooth as the candy she keeps in the bottom of her purse.

I’m prepared to ride around for a while, looking for parking, but then the most magical thing that can happen in L.A. occurs—we find an empty spot just two parking meters down.

El ballet es una forma de arte tan universal y reconocible que la gente siempre cree que sabe de él más de lo que realmente sabe.

If you didn’t bother to open your book last night, I’ll thank you to not to open your mouth today”—