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> [“A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for radical empathy. If we empty ourselves of ourselves we’ll be able to vibrate in synchrony with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/a-writer-is-like-a-tuning-fork-we-respond-when-we-re-struck-by/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

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## More by Roxana Robinson

> [“Rage was an essential part of slavery. Rage will allow us to forget our own humanity. Without rage, we will recognize another person as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/rage-was-an-essential-part-of-slavery-rage-will-allow-us-to-forget/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“She's my retirement gift, the platinum watch for being a mother." " This fortunate position - the one you couldn't apply for - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/she-s-my-retirement-gift-the-platinum-watch-for-being-a-mother-this/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“Aunt Hattie, when you wrote that book, I imagine you were thinking of something radical: the abolition of slavery itself. You were only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/aunt-hattie-when-you-wrote-that-book-i-imagine-you-were-thinking-of/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“It was like hearing customs from an undiscoverd race: what men thought was unimaginable…She wondered if all human activity were like this, everything, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/it-was-like-hearing-customs-from-an-undiscoverd-race-what-men-thought/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/a-writer-is-like-a-tuning-fork-we-respond-when-we-re-struck-by/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“The crimes you paid for as a parent: excruciating, to be blamed for something you'd never dreamt of doing, or huring someone you'd give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/the-crimes-you-paid-for-as-a-parent-excruciating-to-be-blamed-for/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“He couldn't fit the two things together. It gave him a jagged, unfinished feeling, like the first pinprick of heartbreak, a tiny pointed lance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/he-couldn-t-fit-the-two-things-together-it-gave-him-a-jagged/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

> [“Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxana-robinson/grief-was-an-actual-weight-he-thought-it-felt-like-a-physical-burden/)

[Roxana Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxana-robinson/)

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