YOu can choose to see me as just my mistakes or you can see the man who I am now, just like you can see my son as just a kid from North Philly, a teenage father, or you can see him for what he is, a sweet kid who is trying to do the right thing. But what you can't do is write him off. I'm not having that.

Darnell

Malik, I've never liked anyone before. You give me butterflies, the way you look at me. I've never had anyone look at me like that. The crazy things you said to me, are you for real? The man my mom had lied to her. I've only known one man who didn't lie and now maybe I know two. The thing is, you've done this before. You've had girlfriends. You have a baby. So I don't know, are you for real? The crazy things you say to me, are you just running game? I don't know if I can trust you. All I know is that I have plans for my life, real plans, and I should never have skipped school.

Deja

Darnell: It was my boy's fault. He thought he was being smooth or something. Malik's a damn romantic. He gets it from me. But he said he was sorry and it won't happen again. And when he says something won't happen again, it won't. And when he says someone's special, they are.
Randall: One minute, you're their idol and the next they're looking at someone else.

Mr. Lawrence: I organize my books in the classroom by year, but I should have trademarked it. It seems we have a copycat.
Kevin: Holy crap. He's like a grown-up Randall.

Don't play innocent with me. You're talking about black consciousness an hour before you go to see your only black student and his white parents. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to crack this case.

Mrs. Lawrence

Beth: Deja and Malik skipped school.
Randall: What? You're not even supposed to be seeing that boy.
Deja: He's at my school. You gonna ban me from school too?

Deja: I hate that?
Malik: Hate what?
Deja: Not remembering when my grandma was alive.

This Is Us Season 4 Episode 7 Quotes

Beth: Deja and Malik skipped school.
Randall: What? You're not even supposed to be seeing that boy.
Deja: He's at my school. You gonna ban me from school too?

Deja: I hate that?
Malik: Hate what?
Deja: Not remembering when my grandma was alive.