Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.
Dorothy AllisonTwo 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 AllisonWhen I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.
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