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Gloria Naylor quotes: We get so caught up in what a man isn't. It's what he is that counts.

We get so caught up in what a man isn't. It's what he is that counts.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Gloria Naylor quotes: The beginnings are gone, Laurel. But we can start with today and what you got around you.

The beginnings are gone, Laurel. But we can start with today and what you got around you.

Gloria Naylor quotes: That's one of the privileges of old age - you can give plenty of advice 'cause most folks think that's all you got left anyway.

That's one of the privileges of old age - you can give plenty of advice 'cause most folks think that's all you got left anyway.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Life's too short to spend time trying to explain the obvious to an idiot.

Life's too short to spend time trying to explain the obvious to an idiot.

Gloria Naylor quotes: We all don't have to see eye to eye in order to see our way to the Kingdom. It's the heart condition of each man that the Lord will judge.

We all don't have to see eye to eye in order to see our way to the Kingdom. It's the heart condition of each man that the Lord will judge.

Gloria Naylor quotes: The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.

The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.

Gloria Naylor quotes: A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Just like that chicken coop, everything got four sides: his side, her side, an outside, and an inside. All of it is the truth.

Just like that chicken coop, everything got four sides: his side, her side, an outside, and an inside. All of it is the truth.

Gloria Naylor quotes: A star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

A star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Contempt mates well with pity.

Contempt mates well with pity.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.

Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Now that she had actually seen and accepted reality, and reality brought such a healing calm.

Now that she had actually seen and accepted reality, and reality brought such a healing calm.

Gloria Naylor quotes: When you raise a god instead of a child, you're bound to be serving him for the rest of your days. Same thing holds when you marry a god.

When you raise a god instead of a child, you're bound to be serving him for the rest of your days. Same thing holds when you marry a god.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Old as he was, he still missed his daddy sometimes.

Old as he was, he still missed his daddy sometimes.

Gloria Naylor quotes: I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

Gloria Naylor quotes: 3)"One man's weed is another man's flower." (115).

3)"One man's weed is another man's flower." (115).

Gloria Naylor quotes: One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

Gloria Naylor quotes: You can lose a lot when you travel too much.

You can lose a lot when you travel too much.

Gloria Naylor quotes: You don't repay kindness with needless cruelty.

You don't repay kindness with needless cruelty.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the world, there was no stopping me.

Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the world, there was no stopping me.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Black isn't beautiful and it isn't ugly - black is! It's not kinky hair and it's not straight hair - it just is.

Black isn't beautiful and it isn't ugly - black is! It's not kinky hair and it's not straight hair - it just is.

Gloria Naylor quotes: I don't want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me.

I don't want to write without a sense of drama, without passion, or without both eyes open to the world around me.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

Gloria Naylor quotes: There are many subtle ways with which you can make one strong point.

There are many subtle ways with which you can make one strong point.

Gloria Naylor quotes: It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body an overwhelming sense of calm ... I actually began to feel blessed.

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body
an overwhelming sense of calm ... I actually began to feel blessed.

Gloria Naylor quotes: A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.

A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.

Gloria Naylor quotes: I was so busy enjoying the change in you, I didn't notice it in myself.

I was so busy enjoying the change in you, I didn't notice it in myself.

Gloria Naylor quotes: But I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

But I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

Gloria Naylor quotes: The right woman is the one you can live with, not the one in your head.

The right woman is the one you can live with, not the one in your head.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

Gloria Naylor quotes: You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

Gloria Naylor quotes: 1) "school isn't where the real learning happens." (3).

1) "school isn't where the real learning happens." (3).

Gloria Naylor quotes: The last time you're doing something - knowing you're doing it for the last - makes it even more alive than the first.

The last time you're doing something - knowing you're doing it for the last - makes it even more alive than the first.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Like they say, it takes all types to make the world. But sometimes you wish it didn't.

Like they say, it takes all types to make the world. But sometimes you wish it didn't.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Power knows power.

Power knows power.

Gloria Naylor quotes: Bloody noses had made them friends, but giving sound to the bruised places in their hearts made them brothers.

Bloody noses had made them friends, but giving sound to the bruised places in their hearts made them brothers.