Two or three things I know, two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that to go on living I have to tell stories, that stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world
Dorothy AllisonI was born trash in a land where the people all believe themselves natural aristocrats.
Dorothy AllisonBeauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.
Dorothy AllisonBeauty is a hard thing. Beauty is a mean story. Beauty is slender girls who die young, fine-featured delicate creatures about whom men write poems. Beauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time. And I loved her for that.
Dorothy Allison