''And Coach spun around and said, Woosh. Then he spun again, looking like an amateur dancer, but like a proper discus thrower, and said, Woosh. And ... I understood. It was dancing. Discus was ... disco. I said yes. I mean, I said I'll try. Jason Reynolds page 47
''Anyway, when me and Aurelia and Gramps get to Mr. Rufus's room, he always adjusts the bed just enough so that he's not lying flat, and when the music comes on, he starts bopping around and jamming in the bed, as if he's trying to break free. And maybe he is. It's like he understands what dancing is for. It's not just to watch, it's to do, to somehow remind yourself that you're still ... you. That hoever the invisible you is, the you that only talks to you, it's still alive and can add, in Mr. Rufus's words, love and soulllllll to the world. Jason Reynolds.
So was I. Like a soda bottle with bubbles rising up through the body up the neck. And then, suddenly, blooepp . Just ... came out. All the sound that sounded like I don't want to run no more, Coach. That sounded like because, like i already told you, my mother died giving birth to me, and my father is mad at me, and that's the only reason I run, but I didn't do nothing. I didn't do nothing. I doon't wnt to do this no more. Jason Reynolds page 43