“Folks like to talk about revenge like it’s a righteous thing but it’s just hate in a nicer suit,”
―
S.A. Cosby,
Razorblade Tears
“When the people you love are gone, it's the things they've touched that keep them alive in your mind” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Tears ran from his eyes and stung his cheeks. Tears for his son. Tears for his wife. Tears for the little girl they had to raise. Tears for who they were and what they all had lost. Each drop felt like it was slicing his face open like a razorblade.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“It occurred to Buddy Lee that anything could be a weapon if you were dedicated enough. Even love. Especially love.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“I ain't gonna lie and say I get you, because I don't. I can't even pretend I know what it must be like to be... you. But if all this has taught me one thing, it's that it ain't about me and what I get. It's about letting people be who they are. And being who you are shouldn't be a death sentence.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Explanations were like assholes. Everyone has one and they are all full of shit.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“Life sends us down some strange roads on our way to our destiny.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“He had the self-assurance of most mediocre men. They told themselves the world was their oyster but never realized their oyster had turned rancid a long time ago” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“He needed your love then. Not now that he's in the ground” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“That was the thing about violence. When you went looking for it you definitely were going to find it. It just wouldn't be at a time of your own choosing. It jumped up and splattered your nice new boots before you were really ready” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“But time was a river made of quicksilver. It slipped through his grasp even as it enveloped him” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Listen, when you’re a black man in America you live with the weight of people’s low expectations on your back every day. They can crush you right down to the goddamn ground. Think about it like it’s a race. Everybody else has a head start and you dragging those low expectations behind you. Choices give you freedom from those expectations. Allows you to cut ’em loose. Because that’s what freedom is. Being able to let things go. And nothing is more important than freedom. Nothing. You hear me, boy?” Beauregard said. Javon nodded his head. “Alright” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“The only person who knew your weak spots better than the woman who raised you was the woman who shared your bed.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“His empty hands. Hands that had held his boy when he was barely ten minutes old. The hands that had shown him how to tie his shoes. The hands that had rubbed salve on his chest when he'd had the flu. That had waved goodbye to him in court with shackles tight around his wrists. Rough callused hands that he hid in his pockets when Isiah's husband had offered to shake them.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“The truth is no one can be fully protected. Safety is an illusion. There is no safety. Just downtime between tragedies.” ― S.A. Cosby, My Darkest Prayer
“We all choose to be skeptics when the truth is inconvenient.” ― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
“Ike thought one of the worst things you could give a man was a clipboard. He’d been at the mercy of men with clipboards. They could keep you out of a gated community or put you on a bus to prison. Give a man a clipboard and watch his true nature come out.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“The truth had a strange way of ending an argument.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“A mistake is a lesson, unless you make the same mistake twice.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“When the people you love are gone, it's the things they've touched that keep them alive in your mind” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Tears ran from his eyes and stung his cheeks. Tears for his son. Tears for his wife. Tears for the little girl they had to raise. Tears for who they were and what they all had lost. Each drop felt like it was slicing his face open like a razorblade.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“It occurred to Buddy Lee that anything could be a weapon if you were dedicated enough. Even love. Especially love.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“I ain't gonna lie and say I get you, because I don't. I can't even pretend I know what it must be like to be... you. But if all this has taught me one thing, it's that it ain't about me and what I get. It's about letting people be who they are. And being who you are shouldn't be a death sentence.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Explanations were like assholes. Everyone has one and they are all full of shit.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“Life sends us down some strange roads on our way to our destiny.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“He had the self-assurance of most mediocre men. They told themselves the world was their oyster but never realized their oyster had turned rancid a long time ago” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“He needed your love then. Not now that he's in the ground” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“That was the thing about violence. When you went looking for it you definitely were going to find it. It just wouldn't be at a time of your own choosing. It jumped up and splattered your nice new boots before you were really ready” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“But time was a river made of quicksilver. It slipped through his grasp even as it enveloped him” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“Listen, when you’re a black man in America you live with the weight of people’s low expectations on your back every day. They can crush you right down to the goddamn ground. Think about it like it’s a race. Everybody else has a head start and you dragging those low expectations behind you. Choices give you freedom from those expectations. Allows you to cut ’em loose. Because that’s what freedom is. Being able to let things go. And nothing is more important than freedom. Nothing. You hear me, boy?” Beauregard said. Javon nodded his head. “Alright” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“The only person who knew your weak spots better than the woman who raised you was the woman who shared your bed.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“His empty hands. Hands that had held his boy when he was barely ten minutes old. The hands that had shown him how to tie his shoes. The hands that had rubbed salve on his chest when he'd had the flu. That had waved goodbye to him in court with shackles tight around his wrists. Rough callused hands that he hid in his pockets when Isiah's husband had offered to shake them.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“The truth is no one can be fully protected. Safety is an illusion. There is no safety. Just downtime between tragedies.” ― S.A. Cosby, My Darkest Prayer
“We all choose to be skeptics when the truth is inconvenient.” ― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
“Ike thought one of the worst things you could give a man was a clipboard. He’d been at the mercy of men with clipboards. They could keep you out of a gated community or put you on a bus to prison. Give a man a clipboard and watch his true nature come out.” ― S.A. Cosby, Razorblade Tears
“The truth had a strange way of ending an argument.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
“A mistake is a lesson, unless you make the same mistake twice.” ― S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland
