Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.
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 AllisonIt ain't that you get religion. Religion gets you and then milks you dry. Won't let you drink a little whiskey. Won't let you make no fat-assed girls grin and giggle. Won't let you do a damn thing except work for what you'll get in the hearafter. I live in the here and now.
Dorothy AllisonBeauty, my first girlfriend said to me, is that inner quality often associated with great amounts of leisure time.
Dorothy AllisonBehind my carefully buttoned collar is my nakedness, the struggle to find clean clothes, food, meaning, and money. Behind sex is rage, behind anger is love, behind this moment is silence, years of silence.
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