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> [“A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives- our skin color, the land or concrete we grew up on, our sexual longings- all fuse to create a politic born out of necessity. Here, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/a-theory-in-the-flesh-means-one-where-the-physical-realities-of-our-2/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

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## More by Michelle Cliff

> [“In America: each year the day before school after summer vacation I sat on my bed touching my notebooks, pencils, ruler-holding the stern and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/in-america-each-year-the-day-before-school-after-summer-vacation-i/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [“She picked up the book beside her. Jane Eyre. Used, bought recently in a bookshop in Camden Passage, shabby nineteenth-century binding, pages bearing vague…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/she-picked-up-the-book-beside-her-jane-eyre-used-bought-recently-in-a/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [To garden is a solitary act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/to-garden-is-a-solitary-act/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [Who can say how many lives have been saved by books?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/who-can-say-how-many-lives-have-been-saved-by-books/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [Our lives are written in disappearing ink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/our-lives-are-written-in-disappearing-ink/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [“To cope with hurt and control my fears, I grew a thick skin. Oh, the many names of power - pride, arrogance, control. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/to-cope-with-hurt-and-control-my-fears-i-grew-a-thick-skin-oh-the/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [“A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives- our skin color, the land or concrete we grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/a-theory-in-the-flesh-means-one-where-the-physical-realities-of-our-2/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [Captive people have a need for song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/captive-people-have-a-need-for-song/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [“One of the effects of indoctrination, of passing into the anglo-centrism of British West Indian culture, is that you believe absolutely in the hegemony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/one-of-the-effects-of-indoctrination-of-passing-into-the-anglo/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

> [“It was never a question of passing. It was a question of hiding. Behind Black and white perceptions of who we were -- who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-cliff/it-was-never-a-question-of-passing-it-was-a-question-of-hiding-behind/)

[Michelle Cliff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-cliff/)

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