“And I think about all the things we could beif we were never told our bodies were not built for them.”
―
Elizabeth Acevedo,
The Poet X
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“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. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are,” I say, thumping a fist against my chest. “Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too?” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“A queenoffers her hand to be kissed,& can form it into a fistwhile smiling the whole damn time.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“Maybe, the only thing that has to make senseabout being somebody's friend is that you help them be their best selfon any given day. That you give them a homewhen they don't want to be in their own.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can't.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Late into the night I write and the pages of my notebook swell from all the words I’ve pressed onto them. It almost feels like the more I bruise the page the quicker something inside me heals.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“The world is a turntable that never stops spinning; as humans we merely choose the tracks we want to sit out and the ones that inspire us to dance.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“I will never let anyone see my full heart and destroy it.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“I've had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I've learned most of them are other people's problems, not mine.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“Can you be from a placeyou have never been?You can find the island stamped all over me,but what would the island find if I was there?Can you claim a home that does not know you,much less claim you as its own?” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“My parents probably wanted a girl who would sit in the pews wearing pretty florals and a soft smile. They got combat boots and a mouth silent until it’s sharp as an island machete.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Their gazes and wordsare heavy with all the thingsthey want you to be.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“My brother was born a soft whistle:quiet, barely stirring the air, a gentle sound.But I was born all the hurricane he needed to lift - and drop- those that hurt him to the ground.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Pero, tú no eres fácil.”You sure ain’t an easy one.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“...you can't control how people look at you, but you can control how far back you pull your shoulders and how high you lift your chin” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“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. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Burn it! Burn it. This is where the poems are,” I say, thumping a fist against my chest. “Will you burn me? Will you burn me, too?” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“A queenoffers her hand to be kissed,& can form it into a fistwhile smiling the whole damn time.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“Maybe, the only thing that has to make senseabout being somebody's friend is that you help them be their best selfon any given day. That you give them a homewhen they don't want to be in their own.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can't.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Late into the night I write and the pages of my notebook swell from all the words I’ve pressed onto them. It almost feels like the more I bruise the page the quicker something inside me heals.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“The world is a turntable that never stops spinning; as humans we merely choose the tracks we want to sit out and the ones that inspire us to dance.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“I will never let anyone see my full heart and destroy it.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“I've had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I've learned most of them are other people's problems, not mine.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
“Can you be from a placeyou have never been?You can find the island stamped all over me,but what would the island find if I was there?Can you claim a home that does not know you,much less claim you as its own?” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
“My parents probably wanted a girl who would sit in the pews wearing pretty florals and a soft smile. They got combat boots and a mouth silent until it’s sharp as an island machete.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Their gazes and wordsare heavy with all the thingsthey want you to be.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“My brother was born a soft whistle:quiet, barely stirring the air, a gentle sound.But I was born all the hurricane he needed to lift - and drop- those that hurt him to the ground.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“Pero, tú no eres fácil.”You sure ain’t an easy one.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
“...you can't control how people look at you, but you can control how far back you pull your shoulders and how high you lift your chin” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
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