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title: "2 Dana Johnson Quotes"
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# Dana Johnson

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Dana Johnson is an American writer and Associate Professor at the University of Southern California. Honors include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, and being named a nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere.

##  Quotes by Dana Johnson

> [“Maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow. But somewhere down the line, there has to be a light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-johnson/maybe-not-today-maybe-not-tomorrow-but-somewhere-down-the-line-there/)

[Dana Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-johnson/)

[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/dana-johnson-96692_belief_maybe-not-today-maybe-not-tomorrow-but-s_1721326.jpg)

> [“She put her hand out and I stare at it. She say, I would like to welcome you to the neighborhood. Her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-johnson/she-put-her-hand-out-and-i-stare-at-it-she-say-i-would-like-to/)

[Dana Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-johnson/)

[Talk Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk-like/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/dana-johnson-96692_talk-like_she-put-her-hand-out-and-i-stare-at-it-s_3092153.jpg)

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