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title: "2 Edge of the world Quotes By Gloria Naylor"
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> [“There is nothing in back of this cafe. Since the place sits right on the margin between the edge of the world and infinite possibility, he back door opens out to a void. It takes courage to turn the knob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/there-is-nothing-in-back-of-this-cafe-since-the-place-sits-right-on/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

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> [Even though the planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can find yourself hanging on to the edge just like I was; and unless there's some space, some place, to take a breather for awhile, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/even-though-the-planet-is-round-there-are-just-too-many-spots-where/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

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## Other authors on Edge of the world

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/edge-of-the-world/haruki-murakami/)

## More by Gloria Naylor

> [“2)"Even though this planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can find yourself hanging on to the edge just like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/2-even-though-this-planet-is-round-there-are-just-too-many-spots/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/the-intelligence-community-for-the-most-part-has-no-accountability-at/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/i-don-t-believe-that-life-is-supposed-to-make-you-feel-good-or-make/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/a-star-dies-in-heaven-every-time-you-snatch-away-someone-s-dream/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/self-consciousness-is-really-a-form-of-egotism/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [They all trying to say something with music that you can't say with plain talk. There ain't really no words for love or pain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/they-all-trying-to-say-something-with-music-that-you-can-t-say-with/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/not-only-is-your-story-worth-telling-but-it-can-be-told-in-words-so/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [“I was so busy enjoying the change in you, I didn't notice it in myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/i-was-so-busy-enjoying-the-change-in-you-i-didn-t-notice-it-in-myself/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [“I never dreamed that she meant lights. Sparkling. Shimmering. Waves of light. We could see them from the front of the cafe. Besides the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/i-never-dreamed-that-she-meant-lights-sparkling-shimmering-waves-of/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [There's something hypocritical about a city that keeps half of its population underground half of the time; you can start believing that there's much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/there-s-something-hypocritical-about-a-city-that-keeps-half-of-its/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [“Power knows power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/power-knows-power/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [“1) "school isn't where the real learning happens." (3).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/1-school-isn-t-where-the-real-learning-happens-3/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [Old as he was, he still missed his daddy sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/old-as-he-was-he-still-missed-his-daddy-sometimes/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [In a contest between new technology and old ways of life, it is the traditional rhythms that will hold. Traditional societies make up more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/in-a-contest-between-new-technology-and-old-ways-of-life-it-is-the/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

> [Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-naylor/words-themselves-are-innocuous-it-is-the-consensus-that-gives-them/)

[Gloria Naylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-naylor/)

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