I love how I can see [on Twitter] some of the thoughts and ideas of my favorite cultural figures and still also… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I took it for granted that this is what all families did—come together and become an island unto themselves, the kitchen table… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“their worry that the city was too dangerous, a concern that frustrated me, immeasurably, because I knew where danger really lurked—in the… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Family is powerful, no matter what. We’re always tied together with our eyes and our lips and our blood and our bloody… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Fix the Family, a conservative, Catholic “family values” organization, published a list of reasons why families should not send their daughters to… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I cannot enjoy food around my family, but to be fair, food is not something I can enjoy around most people. To… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“There are years and years of my life I can’t remember a thing about. A family member will say, “Remember the time… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Regardless of what you do, your body is the subject of public discourse with family, friends, and strangers alike. Your body is subject to commentary when you gain weight, lose weight, or maintain your unacceptable weight. People are quick to offer you statistics and information about the dangers of obesity, as if you are not only fat but also incredibly… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them are terrible, and most of them make the lives of the women they love much harder than need be. Why? Because that's the kind of storytelling I was drawn to when I wrote these stories, most… — Roxane Gay Copy Share
“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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![“There are years and years of my life I can’t remember a thing about. A family member will say, “Remember the time [insert significant family moment],” and I stare blankly, with no recollection of these moments whatsoever. We have a shared history and yet we do not.” quote by Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/154/roxane-gay-520_family_there-are-years-and-years-of-my-life-i-c_239019.jpg)
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