I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.
Dorothy AllisonBabies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.
Dorothy AllisonClass, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.
Dorothy AllisonI told her, Don't touch me that way. Don't come at me with that sour-cream smile. Come at me as if I were worth your life - the life we make together. Take me like a turtle whose shell must be cracked, whose heart is ice, who needs your heat. Love me like a warrior, sweat up to your earlobes and all your hope between your teeth. Love me so I know I am at least as important as anything you have ever wanted.
Dorothy AllisonEverything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. Thatโs all you need to know in this lifeโฆjust the certainty that Godโs got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioningโs a sin, itโs pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, Iโm fine.
Dorothy Allison