"The Poet X" Quotes
"The Poet X" by Elizabeth Acevedo is a powerful coming-of-age novel in verse about a young Afro-Latina girl who uses slam poetry to find her voice and navigate the challenges of family, identity, and self-expression.
poetry | 368 pages | Published in 2018
Quotes
I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light.
My family is a broken window. A shattered house. A split-apart family.
I am unashamed of what I am. And I am not afraid of who I am.
I write because the world we live in is a house on fire, and the people we love are burning.
I am going to write until I die, and even after I die I will grab paper and a pen and I will tell you the truth.
I am the only me I get to be. So I am the only me I will be.
My mind is a safe, and if I keep it open, I'm sure I'll find pieces of him in the crevices.
I only know that silence is its own kind of violence, and I will not be quiet.
I know I am a woman who is loud and wild and uncontained. I also know I am a woman who is tired of being afraid.
I've stopped apologizing for existing. The space I take and the air I breathe is mine.
