TTT | Book Quotes From the Most Recent Books I’ve Read

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly topic hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week she provide a topic and you are free to use that topic and/or variations of that topic to make your top ten list. A full list of the weekly themes can be found here.

Today’s topic was to find book quotes that fit a specific theme, so I decided to go with quotes from my most recent reads.

“The lives that ended that night mattered. It was a mistake for this city to try to forget, and it’s an even bigger one to pretend everything’s fine now. Black men and women are dying today for the same reasons they did in 1921. And we have to call them out, Rowan. Every single time.” Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

“Does someone who does one bad thing, even one really bad thing, deserve bad things to happen to them? Deserve to be murdered or framed for murder? I can’t wrap my head around whether I’m still allowed to remember Todd the way I want to, as the brother I adored, or whether the shadow of what he did has to darken and twist that forever.” People Like Us by Dana Mele

“How could you convince people of the truth when they had already decided what version of the story they wanted to believe?” Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia

“‘It’s difficult times,’ Gertie said. I disagreed, I thought the times were not difficult enough, since people still made time for telling lies.” Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

“Among white people, black people are allowed to talk about their precarious lives, but they are not allowed to implicate the present company in that precariousness. They are not allowed to point out its causes. In “Sexism—a Problem with a Name,” Sara Ahmed writes that “if you name the problem you become the problem.” To create discomfort by pointing out facts is seen as socially unacceptable. Let’s get over ourselves, it’s structural not personal, I want to shout at everyone, including myself.” Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine

“I wish I could give you your due,” Rangi muttered after some time had passed. “The wisest teachers. Armies to defend you. A palace to live in.” Kyoshi raised an eyebrow. “The Avatar gets a palace?” “No, but you deserve one.” “I don’t need it,” Kyoshi said. She smiled into Rangi’s hair, the soft strands caressing her lips. “And I don’t need an army. I have you.” “Psh,” Rangi scoffed. “A lot of good I’ve been so far. If I were better at my job you would never feel scared. Only loved. Adored by all.” Kyoshi gently nudged Rangi’s chin upward. She could no more prevent herself from doing this than she could keep from breathing, living, fearing. “I do feel loved,” she declared. Rangi’s beautiful face shone in reflection. Kyoshi leaned in and kissed her.” The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

“The woman with the microphone sings to hurt you,
To see you shake your head. The mic may as well
Be a leather belt. You drive to the center of town
To be whipped by a woman’s voice. You can’t tell
The difference between a leather belt and a lover’s
Tongue.” Track 1: Lush Life from Please by Jericho Brown

“The Dark is not a monster. It simply is.” The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould by

“Elle loved herself, but what a feeling it must be, being loved by someone else exactly as you are, quirks and warts and all. She wouldn’t know.” Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

“I can wait for the galaxy outside to get a little kinder.” The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Happy Reading Darlings!