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> [Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different. Men eat themselves up believing they have to be the thing they have been made. Children go crazy. Really, even children go crazy, believing the shape of the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/women-lose-their-lives-not-knowing-they-can-do-something-different/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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> [Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/women-lose-their-lives-not-knowing-they-can-do-something-different-2/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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## More by Dorothy Allison

> [she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/she-got-a-reputation-for-an-easy-smile-and-a-sharp-tongue-and-using/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“Simple answers, reductionist politics, are the most prone to compromise, to saying we’re addressing the essential issue and all that other stuff can slide.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/simple-answers-reductionist-politics-are-the-most-prone-to-compromise/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/people-don-t-do-right-because-of-the-fear-of-god-or-love-of-him-you/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“I had to say to her that it isn’t just men, and it isn’t just men “like that.” I had to talk to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/i-had-to-say-to-her-that-it-isn-t-just-men-and-it-isn-t-just-men-like/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“Entitlement, I have told them, is a matter of feeling like we rather than they.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/entitlement-i-have-told-them-is-a-matter-of-feeling-like-we-rather/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“Love was something I would not have to worry about - the whole mystery of love, heartbreak songs, and family legends. Women who pined,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/love-was-something-i-would-not-have-to-worry-about-the-whole-mystery/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“Behind the story I tell is the one I don't. Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/behind-the-story-i-tell-is-the-one-i-don-t-behind-the-story-you-hear/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/hunger-makes-you-restless-you-dream-about-food-not-just-any-food-but/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/i-think-i-would-have-died-if-there-hadn-t-been-the-women-s-movement/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [People begin to write in order to create what they have not found and, a little bit, to give something back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/people-begin-to-write-in-order-to-create-what-they-have-not-found-and/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/the-hardest-thing-to-teach-young-writers-is-that-it-s-wonderful-to/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [“The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/the-horror-of-class-stratification-racism-and-prejudice-is-that-some/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/i-did-not-begin-with-craft-i-began-with-strong-feelings-and-worked/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/i-think-i-would-have-died-if-there-hadn-t-been-the-women-s-movement-2/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

> [When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. My sister became unmarried and pregnant during high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-allison/when-i-was-growing-up-i-always-read-horror-books-while-my-sister-read/)

[Dorothy Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-allison/)

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