my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of being despised and not dying.
Dorothy AllisonBabies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.
Dorothy AllisonWomen lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire, pleasure in our love, power in this body no one else owns.
Dorothy AllisonHunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother's milk singing to your bloodstream.
Dorothy Allison