“I once had a lover and his arms were so strong that my skull was crushed in his grip. With his bare hands he… — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
If you're in despair, you don't know how to be part of your own life anymore. — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the way that the language of labor has been suppressed in our culture, the way it has disappeared from our vocabulary… — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
“Our lives are but a splash of water on a stone, nothing more. Then I am the stone on which they fell, and they… — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
I'd been reading Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year when the [1992 Los Angeles] riots broke out and I began to see them… — Naomi Wallace Copy Share Image
![“I'm interested in the way that the language of labor has been suppressed in our culture, the way it has disappeared from our vocabulary and is never heard on stage. . . . I'm better at writing than I am at organizing [political action]. SLAUGHTER CITY is my small contribution. If it gives people a…” quote by Naomi Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/483/naomi-wallace-53600_action_i-m-interested-in-the-way-that-the-langu_732803.jpg)
![“I'd been reading Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year when the [1992 Los Angeles] riots broke out and I began to see them both - L.A. and the London plague - as the same event. A time of crisis. A time when rich and poor get thrown together - and, suddenly one sees alternatives. I began to…” quote by Naomi Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/917/naomi-wallace-53600_alternatives_i-d-been-reading-daniel-defoe-s-journal_2455493.jpg)