You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! Quotes

“Mom and Dad may not be ready for Emma to be Deaf yet, but there's no way I'm waiting another day to start learning how to sign.”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“And if Justin and Jamila aren't safe because they're Black, does that mean Emma and I are safe because we're white?”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“Black parents in this country have to talk with their kids about being careful around the police. But until white parents can talk about what's happening to Black kids too, nothing's going to change.”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“I wonder how people who are Deaf even know when they aren't hearing something. How cold you miss something you don't know is there?”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“Deaf people have always found a way to sign with each other”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“It's like the difference between stepping on someone's foot by mistake and kicking them. Only one is mean, but they both hurt.”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“The hard thing about accidentally saying the wrong thing is that you don't know it's the wrong thing until you've already said it and hurt someone. And even if you didn't mean it that way, you can't take it back.”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“and they're all going on about how she should have been wearing her hearing aids ... and no one's saying she shouldn't have been shot”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“I can't see anything wrong, around her ears or anywhere else. She looks perfect to me.”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!