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People begin to write in order to create what they have not found and, a little bit, to give something back.

Dorothy Allison

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Dorothy Allison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 11
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Greenville
South Carolina
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I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253)
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And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.
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