Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0 )

by Angie Thomas

Everybody gon’ have an opinion ’bout how you do things. What I always tell you? Living your life based off what other people think—” “Ain’t living at all,” I finish.

Let ’em talk. Long as you take care of yours, that’s all that matters, you feel me?”

“Son, one of the biggest lies ever told is that Black men don’t feel emotions. Guess it’s easier to not see us as human when you think we’re heartless. Fact of the matter is, we feel things. Hurt, pain, sadness, all of it. We got a right to show them feelings as much as anybody else.”

The apple don’t fall far from the tree, but it can roll away from it. It simply need a little push.

It’s kinda like how we have to do with ourselves. Get rid of things that don’t do us any good.