Roxane Gay

“I lost my voice, but I had words.”

— Roxane Gay

Books are often far more than just books.

— Roxane Gay

“We were young once.”

— Roxane Gay

“Being useful was a balm.”

— Roxane Gay

“I am stronger than I am broken.”

— Roxane Gay

I am mortified by my music choices.

— Roxane Gay

I write because I love doing it.

— Roxane Gay

Nemeses aren't born. They are made.

— Roxane Gay

I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

— Roxane Gay

Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.

— Roxane Gay

“It's scary believing that you, as you are, could ever be enough.”

— Roxane Gay

In truth, I don't care about making feminism more accessible to anyone.

— Roxane Gay

You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.

— Roxane Gay

“Honey, you’re not crazy. You’re a woman.”

— Roxane Gay

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

— Roxane Gay

Twitter is my happy place. I am not there to overthink 140 characters.

— Roxane Gay

“The story of my life is wanting, hungering, for what I cannot have or, perhaps, wanting what I dare not allow myself…

— Roxane Gay

“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.”

— Roxane Gay

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and…

— Roxane Gay

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time…

— Roxane Gay

“I am stronger than I am broken. I don’t want them, or anyone, to think I am nothing more than the worst…

— Roxane Gay

“I have tried to make peace with this body. I have tried to love or at least tolerate this body in a…

— Roxane Gay

“What is truly terrifying is the exact knowledge of what will come and being unable to save yourself from it. Grabbing”

— Roxane Gay

I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely…

— Roxane Gay

“There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of "What if?" always lingering. What if who I…

— Roxane Gay

“I have presence, I am told. I take up space. I intimidate. I do not want to take up space. I want…

— Roxane Gay

“I love food, but it is so difficult to enjoy food. It is so difficult to believe I am allowed to enjoy…

— Roxane Gay

“My brother tried to sag his jeans until a stranger in the airport grabbed him by the ears and hitched his pants…

— Roxane Gay

“These pictures from the photo albums of my childhood are artifacts of a time when I was happy and whole. They are…

— Roxane Gay

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family,…

— Roxane Gay

“One of the many things I have always loved about writing, not to be confused with publishing, is that all you need…

— Roxane Gay

“Because I am not a touchy-feely person, I always feel this light shock, this surprise, really, when my skin comes into contact…

— Roxane Gay

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to…

— Roxane Gay

“I cannot enjoy food around my family, but to be fair, food is not something I can enjoy around most people. To…

— Roxane Gay

“If I must share my story, I want to do so on my terms, without the attention that inevitably follows. I do…

— Roxane Gay

“Privilege is a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor. There is racial privilege, gender (and identity) privilege,…

— Roxane Gay

“What a Crazy Woman Thinks About While Walking Down the Street She tries to walk not too fast and not too slow.…

— Roxane Gay

“Whenever I am near other people, I try to fold into myself so that my body doesn’t disrupt the space of others.…

— Roxane Gay

“I was never going to be good enough, but I tried so hard. I tried to make myself better. I tried to…

— Roxane Gay

“Social networks are more than just repositories for trivial, snap judgments; they are more than merely convenient outlets for mindless joy and…

— Roxane Gay