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> [There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an oxygen taker, a chaos maker, a conflict inducer, a mood chaser, and a total drag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/there-are-times-when-any-visitor-in-person-by-phone-by-mail-is-an/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

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## More by Toni Cade Bambara

> [... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/in-a-capitalist-society-a-man-is-expected-to-be-an-aggressive/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [Old folks are the nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/old-folks-are-the-nation/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/and-what-is-religion-you-might-ask-it-s-a-technology-of-living/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/my-responsibility-to-myself-my-neighbors-my-family-and-the-human/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/an-artist-represents-an-oppressed-people-and-makes-revolution/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/writing-is-one-of-the-ways-i-participate-in-transformation/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [Medication without explanation is obscene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/medication-without-explanation-is-obscene/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/the-dream-is-real-my-friends-the-failure-to-realize-it-is-the-only/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning a man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/i-tend-to-agree-that-celibacy-for-a-time-is-worth-considering-for-sex/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [“I am one beautiful and powerful son of a bitch,' he told himself. 'Smart as a whip, respected, prosperous, beloved and valuable. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/i-am-one-beautiful-and-powerful-son-of-a-bitch-he-told-himself-smart/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/the-job-of-the-writer-is-to-make-revolution-irresistible/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/there-are-times-when-any-visitor-in-person-by-phone-by-mail-is-an/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/as-a-culture-worker-who-belongs-to-an-oppressed-people-my-job-is-to/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [TAKE HEART TO FLAT OUT DECIDE TO BE WELL AND STRIDE INTO THE FUTURE, SANE AND WHOLE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/take-heart-to-flat-out-decide-to-be-well-and-stride-into-the-future/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

> [It's a dismally lonely business, writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-cade-bambara/it-s-a-dismally-lonely-business-writing/)

[Toni Cade Bambara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-cade-bambara/)

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