A Piece of Cake Quotes

“Always remember the acronym for "FEAR" can mean one of two things: Fuck Everything And Run or Face Everything And Recover.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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'.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“I'd learned not to put a question mark where God put a period.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“You do the foot work, and leave the results up to God.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“Oprah got her money," she snapped. "You trying to get YOURS! No, turn off that fuckin' TV and get to studying!”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“Oh, get off the cross!” V shouted when I shared my thoughts with her on the phone. “We need the wood!”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“I didn’t know much about God, ’cept that if you pissed Him off, He’d getcha one day. My momma knew God—she was raised a Methodist. In fact, her daddy was a Methodist preacher. Still, Momma said she wanted more from God, so for the past couple of years she’d been searching for more. I got to go with her on some of those searches. First, we tried the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were cool, till I learned they didn’t celebrate Christmas. God or no God, I wasn’t giving up Christmas! Then we tried the Muslims (or the “Black Muslims,” as Momma called them). I didn’t like them because when we got to their church (which they called a mosque), they made us change our clothes and put on some of their clothes: floor-length dresses and material to wrap our heads in so our hair wouldn’t show. And they searched us too, which pissed me off. But Momma seemed to understand; she said it was because white folks thought the Muslims were militant, so white folks was always messing with ’em—you know, harassing them, arresting them, threatening them. Momma said the Muslims had to be careful so that’s why they were searching folks. uring Momma’s God search, we tried a few other religions. I never really did care one way or the other. I never really seriously thought about God because, no matter what the religion, they all wanted you to be perfect. And I knew I was far from perfect. So I figured God wouldn’t wanna mess with me. I don’t know which religion Momma finally decided on. Maybe she realized she didn’t need a particular religion to know and love God or for God to know and love her. Whatever she decided, she also decided that she wasn’t going to choose for me. She wanted to wait until I was old enough and then let me decide my religion.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“Return me to that bitch?" I shouted to the sky. "Fuck you! I can take care of myself!”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“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.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

“She said that the only time a woman is ready for a man in her life is when she didn’t need one.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake: A Memoir

“You’ve got to learn to trust Him, Cup. You’re not always going to be able to see the big picture.”
― Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake