I'm very aware that we make these decisions toward love or hate every day. I certainly don't have the stamina to live through each day making only the noblest decisions.
There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much. - Jamaica Kincaid
There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.
- Jamaica Kincaid
The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable. - Jamaica Kincaid
The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.
The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept apart—idea of thing, reality of th… - Jamaica Kincaid
The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept apart—idea of thing, reality of th…
I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess. - Jamaica Kincaid
I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.
I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost everyone else... It is true that … - Jamaica Kincaid
I didn't think of myself as an outsider because of my race because... where I grew up I was the same race as almost everyone else... It is true that …
People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman. - Jamaica Kincaid
People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.
Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a b… - Jamaica Kincaid
Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a b…
I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in t… - Jamaica Kincaid
I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in t…
Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the no… - Jamaica Kincaid
Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the no…
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