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Jamaica Kincaid has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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It is true that I am a writer, and I was married to a composer, and I have lived in a small…
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But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or…
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I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always…
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I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying…
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The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.
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When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot…
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Gardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular, right at…
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The space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept…
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There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.
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One day I was living silently in a personal hell, without anyone to tell what I felt, without even knowing that the…
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But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere. They are…
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It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.
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Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching…
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I have gotten used to working in the dark and I dig it.
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I dont have a place that I call home at the moment because theres no point. I mean, Im a traveling circus…
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I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.
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I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
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I've never gotten used to winter and never will.
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At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing…
— Albert Camus
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If that were God's plan, it's a bad bargain; I don't want to have to deal with a God like that...My sense…
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I missed Rosaleen's snoring the way you'd miss the sound of the ocean waves after you've gotten used to sleeping with them.…
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People always get used to beauty, though.” “I haven’t gotten used to you just yet,” he answered, smiling. I felt myself blushing.…
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Shame on you, Crispin. Married how long, and you haven't spanked your wife with a metal spatula yet?" I'd gotten used to…
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Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about this, and we…
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