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> [you and I are close, we intertwine; you may stand on the other side of the hill once in awhile, but you may also be me while remaining what you are and what I am not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/you-and-i-are-close-we-intertwine-you-may-stand-on-the-other-side-of/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

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## More by Trinh T. Minh-ha

> [“Neither black/red/yellow nor woman but poet or writer. For many of us, the question of priorities remains a crucial issue. Being merely "a writer"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/neither-black-red-yellow-nor-woman-but-poet-or-writer-for-many-of-us/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

> [It Went By Me something very beautiful just went by me something not to tell in words in feelings so fragile so wild something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/it-went-by-me-something-very-beautiful-just-went-by-me-something-not/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

> [despite all our desperate, eternal attempts to separate, contain and mend, categories always leak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/despite-all-our-desperate-eternal-attempts-to-separate-contain-and/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

> [Speaking, writing, and discoursing are not mere acts of communication; they are above all acts of compulsion. Please follow me. Trust me, for deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/speaking-writing-and-discoursing-are-not-mere-acts-of-communication/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

> [you and I are close, we intertwine; you may stand on the other side of the hill once in awhile, but you may also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/you-and-i-are-close-we-intertwine-you-may-stand-on-the-other-side-of/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

> [Home for the exile in a secular and contingent world is always provisional](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trinh-t-minh-ha/home-for-the-exile-in-a-secular-and-contingent-world-is-always/)

[Trinh T. Minh-ha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trinh-t-minh-ha/)

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