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“I am a mammal, a dog, and a bichon frise--in that order.”
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“Idealism without consequences is the pathetic dream of every spoiled brat, I suppose.”
― Eileen
― Eileen
“when I am feeling
low
all i have to do is
watch my cats
and my
courage
returns”
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low
all i have to do is
watch my cats
and my
courage
returns”
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“No black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much’. Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’…No woman has ever written enough”
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
“Stories are not chapters of novels. They should not be read one after another, as if they were meant to follow along. Read one. Shut the book. Read something else. Come back later. Stories can wait.”
― Paris Stories
― Paris Stories
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