Blood at the Root Quotes

“When Black boys find magic, they find themselves.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“America got 99 problems, but the truth ain't one....”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“Resilience is a form of magic…that’s in our blood, chile, and that’s somethin’ they ain’t gon’ neva take away.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“He shows us every day. He shows us the beauty by paintin’ the sky. Lettin’ the moon and the sun take turns to bless the darkness. Most folks don’t even pay attention to his work of art.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“The world may be fallin’ down round us, but best believe we gon’ laugh, we gon’ dance, and we gon’ be family. That’s how we’ve been for generations. No matter how much hate, how much pain they throw at us, we always gon’ rise.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“We as a people always had to make a kingdom out of nothing.’ A kingdom built on the bones and the river of blood from those who came before us, and those who comes after.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“No matter how much this school tries to hide from it, trouble always have a way of finding the good in the world.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root

“And let Black boys be the heroes of their own stories.”
― LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root