"The Nickel Boys" Quotes
"The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead is a poignant exploration of racism and injustice, following two boys enduring brutal treatment at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
fiction | 213 pages | Published in 2019
Quotes
Even in death the boys were trouble.
injusticeracism
He was raised to respect authority and the wisdom of his elders.
upbringingauthority
He believed that his future was bright.
hopefuture
The world is hard and unfair, and you have to learn to scratch out what you can for yourself.
survivallife lessons
This was a place where boys disappeared.
feardisappearance
If everyone had a mind to, they could make the world better.
changeoptimism
Hope is like a little seed in the ground.
hopegrowth
People can be crueler than you ever imagined.
crueltyrealization
The truth doesn't change, only our willingness to hear it.
truthacceptance
History is not the past. It is the present.
historyreflection
