Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story Quotes

“Like, to hold a hand the way we held yours as a child, with a full grip, that feels like a gesture of safety. To hold hands with each other's fingers woven together can sometimes feel like a gesture of desperation. But the way y'all were yesterday-your pinky just barely curled around hers-well, to me, that feels...intimate.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story

“But if I put them on and they’re already a little wrinkled, I can actually be myself in ’em. A little imperfection takes the edge off things.’ ”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“So the way I see it, to love me the way I love to be loved is true love,”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“This was real life. And the beginning of a special regular story where two people meet and help each other make something beautiful, at the risk of making a mess.

No this ain't no movie. This is a mirror. This me. This her. This us.

This is real.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story

“No, this ain’t no movie. This is a mirror. This me. This her. This us. This is real.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“I’m just saying, not only is cleanliness next to godliness, uncleanliness is next to no one.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“But when I met your grandmother in that laundromat all them years ago, and we started dating, oh, Nee… I ain’t never been more sure that her love saved my life.” “But how?” I always asked. “What makes you think that?” “Because it was the only time I ain’t have to act like anyone other than myself,”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“Don’t bring no babies in here unless they can count money. I don’t need no grandchild, I need an accountant to help with the bingo books.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“who has always had deep-enough pockets to hold my secrets. To walk with them without risk of them weighing her down, or falling out.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“As a matter of fact, to him, real music is all about the melody in mistakes. Expression. Experimentation. Explosion.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“Nee… I ain’t never been more sure that her love saved my life.” “But how?” I always asked. “What makes you think that?” “Because it was the only time I ain’t have to act like anyone other than myself,”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“There’s a tenderness you’re offering her. A tenderness she offers you. And, from what I know now, there ain’t much in this world sexier than that.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“a literal homegirl—who has always had deep-enough pockets to hold my secrets. To walk with them without risk of them weighing her down, or falling out.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“I’m saying that whenever teachers try to punish us, they just end up punishing themselves more. Which means homework actually serves no one. Trash.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“I don’t own her. She don’t own me. And the only thing we owe each other is respect. Because… that’s what friends do.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

“My older homegirl-my literal homegirl-who has always had deep-enough pockets to hold my secrets. To walk with them without risk of them weighing her down, or falling out.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story

“Don't get it twisted. My standards ain't low. I just actually love chicken tenders. And you know that. So the way I see it, to love me the way I love to be loved is true love," she said.”
― Jason Reynolds, Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story