Aja Brown Quotes

Souderton was a good town to grow up in. Everybody knew each other.

When people think of the South Side of Chicago, they don't think about where I'm from. It was sort of a pocket: this idyllic community of black people who took care of each other, knew each other, spent time with each other.

Glasgow is a city, but it's one with a small-town mentality.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been.

I went to a pretty small school from the beginning all the way up, so I knew everyone, everyone knew me.

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

I consider everybody I know to be my family.

My neighborhood was normal. I had a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. Typical American upbringing. Sometimes we got into trouble, but everyone watched after each other, so if my parents didn't see me making trouble, another family would tell them.

I grew up in Pitman, New Jersey, which is a tiny 2-square-mile town near Philadelphia. Everyone knows each other there.

In my hometown, I know everybody.

The Star City community - because it's not a big city, actually; it's only 14 big houses, and everybody knows each other. It's like a small village, and I felt that somehow everybody wants to help me, especially during days when my father flew, and somehow care about me, and it was really great time, you know.

Christiania has a lot of strong, nuclear families. It gave us a sense of empowerment and belonging and richness. We had so much love; we were never in doubt that we were wanted in this world.

I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.

It feels good to know that I am safe and I am loved.

Stay strong. Stay true to yourself and to who you are because there is community out there. It may not be in your town or perhaps even in your family, but you are wanted and you are loved and there are places in the world where you will be safe and supported.

I needed a familiar club that would give me affection, and Sevilla can do that.

In a close-knit community like Jasper, every loss feels personal.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.

I only care about my family.

It was the camaraderie and the friendships, too, that really drew me to Queensbridge.

I have a house in a small town in Tuscany where everybody knows and looks out for each other. That's a similar mentality to on the Isle of Man.

I'm sure all the mothers out there can relate when I say family is priority number one.

I'd like my man to protect me.

The city of Oakland, since I got here, has been like my second family. They've taken me in and had my back through the hard times and they've celebrated with me through the good times. And so, I love Oakland.