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Jamaica Kincaid quotes: On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death. On their way to freedom, some people find riches, some people find death.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I'm always surprised to hear or read my work described, "In angry tones, she says." No! In truthful tones! Does truth have a tone? I don't know. I'm always surprised to hear or read my work described, "In angry tones, she says." No! In truthful tones! Does truth have a tone? I don't know.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: What I don't write is as important as what I write. What I don't write is as important as what I write.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Of course, I now see that good behaviour is the proper posture of the weak, of children. Of course, I now see that good behaviour is the proper posture of the weak, of children.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I've never let the criticism deter me. I've never let the criticism deter me.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: People don't make changes because things are wonderful. People don't make changes because things are wonderful.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables. When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: All roads come to an end, and all ends are the same, trailing off into nothing; even an echo eventually will be silenced (Kincaid 215). All roads come to an end, and all ends are the same, trailing off into nothing; even an echo eventually will be silenced (Kincaid 215).
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not. The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present. Yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When I looked at them, they made up a sea. When I looked at them, they made up a sea.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Do you see the queer thing about people like me? Sometimes we hold your retribution. Do you see the queer thing about people like me? Sometimes we hold your retribution.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they might show up again. I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they might show up again.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The thing we call romance is a diversion from something truer, which is life. The thing we call romance is a diversion from something truer, which is life.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity. There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing. I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Life has a truth to it, and it's complicated - it's love and it's hatred. Life has a truth to it, and it's complicated - it's love and it's hatred.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you. It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth. None of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: What I really want to write about is injustice and justice, and the different ways human beings organize the two. What I really want to write about is injustice and justice, and the different ways human beings organize the two.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture. I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes. I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The history of race relations in America is very different than something like the Holocaust. The history of race relations in America is very different than something like the Holocaust.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true. I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another; outside false, inside true.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her. What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear. I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: My disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me. My disappointments stand up and grow ever taller. They will not be lost to me.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I've never gotten used to winter and never will. I've never gotten used to winter and never will.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal. My writing has always been met with derision or dismissal.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I come from the small island of Antigua and I always wanted to write; I just didn't know that it was possible. I come from the small island of Antigua and I always wanted to write; I just didn't know that it was possible.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Why is a picture of something real eventually more exciting than the thing itself? Why is a picture of something real eventually more exciting than the thing itself?
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I'm so used to being misunderstood. I'm so used to being misunderstood.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Like father like son, like mother like daughter! Like father like son, like mother like daughter!
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: That was the moment he got the idea he possessed me in a certain way, and that was the moment I grew tired of him. That was the moment he got the idea he possessed me in a certain way, and that was the moment I grew tired of him.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me. I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance. I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life. I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book. I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: A tourist is an ugly human being A tourist is an ugly human being
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: He must have smiled at me, though I don't really know, but I don't like to think that I would love someone who hadn't first smiled at me. He must have smiled at me, though I don't really know, but I don't like to think that I would love someone who hadn't first smiled at me.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When people say you're charming you are in deep trouble. When people say you're charming you are in deep trouble.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When I write a book, I hope to be beyond mortal by the time I'm finished. When I write a book, I hope to be beyond mortal by the time I'm finished.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it. I know that the fantastic amount of profit that people want to make on anything is damaging. And that none of us seem able to resist it.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me! I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I am not aware of anything below my neck. I live completely in my head. I am not aware of anything below my neck. I live completely in my head.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do. People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best night cap. Habit gives endurance, and fatigue is the best night cap.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy. Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person. One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Who you are is a mystery no one can answer, not even you. Who you are is a mystery no one can answer, not even you.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea. I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: By then I already knew that I wanted to have a powerful odor and would not care if it gave offense. By then I already knew that I wanted to have a powerful odor and would not care if it gave offense.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I don't really do anything that isn't about writing, and I don't really know who I am if I'm not thinking about writing. I don't really do anything that isn't about writing, and I don't really know who I am if I'm not thinking about writing.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When people say you're charming you're in deep trouble. When people say you're charming you're in deep trouble.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love. No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Of course his life could be found in the pages of a book; I had just begun to notice that the lives of men always are. Of course his life could be found in the pages of a book; I had just begun to notice that the lives of men always are.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them. The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I write out of defiance. I write out of defiance.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I wish that I could love someone so much that I would die from it. I wish that I could love someone so much that I would die from it.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner. I'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same. It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle. I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail. I didn't know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn't afraid to fail.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned. I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance. I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write. The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Tomorrow exists even though I may not exist in it. Tomorrow exists even though I may not exist in it.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people. Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: This is how you bully a man; this is how an man bullies you. This is how you bully a man; this is how an man bullies you.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance. Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess. 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 quotes: I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule. I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I had one more thing to add to my expanding world. I had one more thing to add to my expanding world.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: There's something to be said about a slightly plump person - you have just enough of too much. There's something to be said about a slightly plump person - you have just enough of too much.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang. The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable. The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: When I start to write something, I suppose I want it to change me, to make me into something not myself. When I start to write something, I suppose I want it to change me, to make me into something not myself.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed. I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The slave trade was globalism. Why people insist that globalism, after its hideous history, is a good thing, I do not know. The slave trade was globalism. Why people insist that globalism, after its hideous history, is a good thing, I do not know.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I loved very much - and so used to torment until she cried - a girl named Sonia. I loved very much - and so used to torment until she cried - a girl named Sonia.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: It's too easy to say this or that is "race," and that has been a vehicle for an incredible amount of wrong in the world. It's too easy to say this or that is "race," and that has been a vehicle for an incredible amount of wrong in the world.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards. I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: A professional writer is a joke. You write because you can't do anything else, and then you have another job. A professional writer is a joke. You write because you can't do anything else, and then you have another job.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No. It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my head. I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my head.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be. A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and wrong. The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and wrong.
Jamaica Kincaid quotes: I'm trying to earn a living in the way that is most enjoyable to me. I love the world of literature, and I hope to support myself in it. I'm trying to earn a living in the way that is most enjoyable to me. I love the world of literature, and I hope to support myself in it.

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