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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
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Port Huron
Michigan
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I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here looking for women just like you, with giant holes in your hearts, and they can smell when you got a good job and when you lonely as hell.
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I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.
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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!
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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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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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My stories are character driven.
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I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.
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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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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.
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It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.
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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.
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