The Hate U Give Quotes

  • Starr Carter: I was nine years old the first time I got the talk.

  • King: He's name's seven, what's his middle name? Eight?

  • Carlos: [solemnly] It's a complicated world

    Starr Carter: [dismissive] It's not that complicated

  • Starr Carter: You ever see anyone die?

    Chris: No?

    Starr Carter: Well I have... twice in my life!

  • Starr Carter: [to cops] How many more of us do you have to kill before you get it?

  • Maverick 'Mav' Carter: [from the trailer] I didn't name you Starr by accident.

  • Starr Carter: Slang makes them cool. Slang makes *me* hood.

  • Starr Carter: If you don't see my blackness, you don't see me.

  • Maverick 'Mav' Carter: I ain't set a good example of a black man for you.

    Starr Carter: No, you didn't. You set a good example of what a man should be.

  • Starr Carter: [narrating] It's not the hate you give. It's the hate *we* give.

Extended Reading
  • Alisa 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Observe this event from the perspective of a girl and continue to talk about race

  • Michel 2022-03-24 09:03:44

    The story is actually very simple, but especially evocative, with a few times in the middle of sadness or anger to the point where I can't breathe. The so-called equality itself cannot be achieved, because people are inherently different, just like the heroine said If you cannot see my black, then you are not seeing me. can no longer be recognized.