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“This is who I am. I can’t change. I don’t want to, really. But for once I’m gonna put this devil inside me to good use.”
Like Dr. King said: an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,”
I think if you figure out at one point in your life you was a terrible person, you can start getting better. Start treating people better.
It’s about letting people be who they are. And being who you are shouldn’t be a goddamn death sentence,”
“No. Not that word. Not anymore. Not about my boy. I used it enough myself when he was alive. That word is dead for me now,” Buddy Lee said.
The tears came again. They poured from his eyes and ran over his cheeks. Flowed down to the stubble on his chin. This time they didn’t feel so much like razorblades.They felt like the long-awaited answer to a mournful prayer for rain.
