“I didn’t agree with Cokie. It wasn’t just rich folks. Mother was soul broke, too.”
“Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts are fat, but they ain't happy. They ain't ever gone be happy. You know why? They soul broke. And money can't fix that, no sir.”
“Most aspects of my training didn’t agree with me. There wasn’t as much bossing around as I’d hoped for, and there was way too much following orders.”
“I broke down when we broke up, but I didn’t break in to her house just to break out of my routine.”
“I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me.”
“I wasn’t gorgeous but I still didn’t understand why I wasn’t good enough for anyone.”