Jerome Rogers Quotes

“Doesn’t seem fair. Nobody ever paid me any attention. I skated by. Kept my head low. Now I’m famous.”

“The kitchen table is covered with food—my favorites, potato salad, lemon meringue pie, pork chops. If everyone wasn’t so sad-faced, I’d swear it was a party. I reach for a cornbread square and my hand passes through it. Weird, but it’s okay. I’m not hungry. I guess I’ll never be hungry again.”

″‘He’s in a better place,’ says Reverend. ‘Jerome’s in a better place.’ Am I?”

“Does Pop know Officer Moore gets paid for not working? For killing me? I want to kick something, scream, break down. But what’s the use?”

“Believe this, Jerome. It matters that Sarah can see you.”

“Jerome Rogers, 12, shot at abandoned Green Street lot. Officer says, ‘He had a gun.‘”

“I thought I was bigger. Tough. But I’m just a bit of nothing.”

“I’m still here, Ma. I’m still here.”