Quotes from Sharon G. Flake

Gotta realize that all you are is all you got.

To look in the mirror and like what you see even if it's not your idea of beauty

I took a lot of wrong turns to find out who I really was. You will, too. (Page 19)

I'm like superman when I get Charlese's clothes on. I got a new attitude and my teachers sure don't like it none ~page 4

Remember the acorn. Even when you don't see it growing, it's pushing past the dirt. Reaching for the sun. Growing stronger.

You gotta love yourself, baby. If you don't, who will??

You have to take a stand when things aren't right.

Everybody is quiet. ?Who read the thirty pages I assigned last night?? Miss Saunders asks. Most of the hands go up, including mine, even though I didn't read none of it.

Your life ain't much if you don't believe somebody got your back out here.

But you gotta do what you gotta do till you can do better.

It takes a long time to accept yourself for who you are. To see the poetry in your walk," she says, shaking her hips like she's doing some African dance. Kids bust out laughing. "To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn't look like anybody else's idea of beauty." For a minute

They're all good ones, Mr. Mac. Some of them just need more support than others.

To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn't look like your idea of beauty.