“Fly you crows. My father was not a spectacle. He was the greatest man I ever knew. He was my everything.”
Stacey Lee“You ever think about the noose?''I been thinking about the noose since I was born.”
Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky“Fly you crows. My father was not a spectacle. He was the greatest man I ever knew. He was my everything.”
Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky“What good's a black face if it means I'm just someone else's property? Why give me these arms and legs just to carry someone else's load, not my own?”
Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky“A part of me understands the need to keep order, but another part worries that we are being led to fear the wrong things. It's just like Chinatown and all the laws passed to contain us. We were never the enemy. The enemy was our country's own fear.”
Stacey Lee, Outrun the Moon“When a law isn't just, I believe it's okay to disobey it. In fact, I believe we are morally obliged to disobey it.”
Stacey Lee, Outrun the Moon“I mean, sometimes I wonder why God would grant a favor if trouble's just waiting around the corner? It feels disingenuous. If it's fate, then it's written in the stars, and we can't do much to avoid it.”
Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky“Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down.”
Stacey Lee, Outrun the Moon“Most people don't know that heartache smells like blueberries.”
Stacey Lee, The Secret of a Heart Note“Somewhere between right and wrong lies a garden surrounded by thorns, and I have met you there.”
Stacey Lee, The Secret of a Heart Note