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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 you don't.

Dorothy Allison

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Dorothy Allison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 11
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Greenville
South Carolina
Fear
Sense
Doesn
Right
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World
People

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Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand.
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That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified.
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stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.
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I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)
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When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.
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I did things I did not understand for reasons I could not begin to explain just to be in motion, to be trying to do something, change something in a world I wanted desperately to make over but could not imagine for myself.
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Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.
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One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
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Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.
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I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.
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