Eunice (nerdytalksbookblog)’s Reviews > The Nickel Boys > Status Update

There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.

We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.

Damn those encyclopedias!