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I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
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Port Huron
Michigan
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Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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Wherever there's a prison, for the most part, especially where there's Black people, it's overcrowded. I don't know who really gets out.
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It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.
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I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.
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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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