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“Yeah?" He turned to me. "What's integrity?" "Huh?" "What's integrity?" I reapeted. "It's like, um, how do I explain it?" Now he turned his whole body to face me. "It's like the good part of you that..." He stopped, tried to gather his thoughts. "You know that gold medal I just gave back to Otis?" "Yeah." "See how the gold didn't change? Didn't turn any other color?" "Yeah." "See how it was still heavy after all those years, and how it didn't bend or start to disintegrate?" "Yep." "Well, think of integrity as the gold medal... inside you.” — Jason Reynolds
Yeah?" He turned to me.
"What's integrity?"
"Huh?"
"What's integrity?" I reapeted.
"It's like, um, how do I explain it?" Now he turned his whole body to face me. "It's like the good part of you that..." He stopped, tried to gather his thoughts. "You know that gold medal I just gave back to Otis?" "Yeah."
"See how the gold didn't change? Didn't turn any other color?"
"Yeah."
"See how it was still heavy after all those years, and how it didn't bend or start to disintegrate?"
"Yep."
"Well, think of integrity as the gold medal... inside you.