The strange thing about my life is that I came to America at about the time when racial attitudes were changing. This was a big help to me. Also, the people who were most cruel to me when I first came to America were black Americans. They made absolute fun of the way I talked, the way I dressed. I couldn't dance. The people who were most kind and loving to me were white people. So what can one make of that? Perhaps it was a coincidence that all the people who found me strange were black and all the people who didn't were white.
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.
- 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… - 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 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 …
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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