Miles Morales Suspended Quotes

“THE PLEDGE OF ANNOYANCE
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
and to these feet which I do drag
And to the Republic for which it stands
on my last nerve and my two hands
With liberty and Justice for all,
suspended for not playing small”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“ANOTHER THING ABOUT SNOWFLAKES
They are not just soft.
When they begin to melt, they
harden into sleet.”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“The moon was a lightbulb dangling from a high ceiling, But in Brooklyn, there were no stars. Not in the sky. Miles, climbed along side his building up to the roof. Once there, he looked out at the New York City skyline and imagined that all the stars that were supposed to be there had fallen, and now sparkled much closer to the ground.”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“BELL

When the bell finally clangs,
the muscles in my legs

do what they've been trained
to, like my kneecaps are

spring-loaded, and snap
into action at the sound

of the bell ringing ”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“i + procrastination = happy. Or at least, happier than wasting this kind of time doing this kind of work in this kind of... "class.”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“Always keep your antenna up for anything that feels weird," his father told him. "Head on a swivel."
"Yeah, because you need to be able to know there's static before static knows there's you," his mother followed.”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended

“IF A TREE FALLS

and there is no wind,
no axe,
no bucked tooth
to topple it,


is it still considered a tree,
or is it now a trap?”
― Jason Reynolds, Miles Morales Suspended