Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Quotes

“Can’t live your life with grief whispering in your ear, pulling you this way and that. But you can’t shove it in a drawer deep inside yourself, neither. Naw, you got to sit grief down and talk to it. Listen to it. Come to terms with it. Pain is the body’s way of saying it’s healing, so you gotta let it heal.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Everybody has a story, Nana used to say when I was younger. Listen to it, and they’ll be friendly. Engage with it, and they’ll be your friend.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“When grown-ups get on their high horses, those things gallop for days.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“My fists were everywhere.

Black fists in black gloves delivering black power two jabs at a time.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“It’s the spider’s web, an old African symbol for creativity and wisdom. It shows how tangled and complicated life can be. But with a little imaginative thinking, we can solve most of our problems and those of others.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“No time to answer all those questions. Well, maybe there is, but you drain me. Like a straw. Here you come, and--fwoop!--all my energy is gone.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Sometimes you just have to join the party, no matter how strange it is.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“I had no right to decide what they were or weren’t capable of handling. Adults were always doing that to me, and I hated it.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Sitting in an enclosed space with Granddad was like wiping your tears with sandpaper. Painful—excruciating, even—and you wondered why you ever thought it was a good idea.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“We grunted and snarled (guess who did which)”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Well, all memories serve a purpose.... What are memories except stories we tell ourselves, right?”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Well, all memories server a purpose.... What are memories except stories we tell ourselves, right?”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“The iron monsters only pushed a wedge into a fractured landscape that already existed.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“When gods prayed, things were about to get real.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“day,” said Miss Rose.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky