Quotes from Cupcake Brown

If you want self-esteem." "Do estimable acts" ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

Always remember the acronym for "FEAR" can mean one of two things: Fuck Everything And Run or Face Everything And Recover.

She talked about wanting to be a part of something, wanting to be desired, to be 'special', craving to be loved. She talked about experiencing the kind of loneliness so immense it could swallow you up. She called it 'loneliness that crowds couldn't cure'.

It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.

I'd learned not to put a question mark where God put a period.

You do the foot work, and leave the results up to God.

Oprah got her money," she snapped. "You trying to get YOURS! No, turn off that fuckin' TV and get to studying!

Oh, get off the cross!" V shouted when I shared my thoughts with her on the phone. "We need the wood!

What I do know is that love, real love, true unconditional love, transcends age, race, and religious beliefs. It sees the good, focuses on the good, and constantly emphasizes it.

If you want self-esteem." "Do estimable acts" ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

My grandmother say you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas. A hard head makes a soft behind. Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're going to get.

I wondered how television worked. I thought about how an interior decorator decided on colors and styles. I wondered, when babies tarted learning how to walk, if they didn't know that that couldn't walk.

You're not always going to be able to see the big picture. But you've got to know that, no matter what, you'll be okay. Keep praying.

I was still pondering her comments, when she hit me with the bomb. She said that the only time a woman is ready for a man in her life is when she didn't need one.

But ignorance manufactures denial. So though my eyes were sometimes black or swollen, my lips puffy or busted, though I often intentionally wore clothes that would hide the black and blue bruises scattered all over my body, or grit my teeth through the pain in an effort to walk so I could look as if nothing were wrong—when in fact my entire body was sore—I believed that as long as he didn't break any bones, it wasn't really violence.

Return me to that bitch?" I shouted to the sky. "Fuck you! I can take care of myself!

You've got to learn to trust Him, Cup. You're not always going to be able to see the big picture.

Three days later, I popped two ludes, three black beauties, smoked a joint, drank four beers, and then drove to the clinic and had the abortion.

Friends are like buses," I uncaringly replied as I took a hit off the joint, "if you miss one, sooner or later, another will come. The names of the routes change, but the destinations don't. It will always cost something to ride--nobody rides for free. And, they'll leave your ass if you don't get with the schedule.

It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.