Ghost Boys Quotes

“Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better" (Rhodes).”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Can't undo wrong. Can only do our best to make things right.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Can't undo wrong. Can only do our best to make things right" -Grandma”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Bear witness. My tale is told
Wake. Only the living can make the world better.
Live and make it better. Don’t let me
(Or anyone else)
Tell this tale again”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Sarah’s face is bleak. “I’m so sorry, Jerome. So, so sorry. If I could, I would hug you. Bring you back to life.” Her body leans forward like she thinks she”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“When truth’s a feeling, can it be both? Both true and untrue?”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“In this neighborhood, getting a child to adulthood is perilous.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Color shouldn’t make anybody scared. Is it because slavery happened? Is that why some whites are afraid of black people? I don’t know. Wake up, people, I want to tell everyone. Fear, stereotypes about black boys don’t make the world better.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Bear witness. My tale is told.
Wake. Only the living can make the world better.
Live and make it better. Don't let me
(Or anyone else)
Tell this tale again.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

“Can’t undo wrong. Can only do our best to make things right.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys