That was the moment he got the idea he possessed me in a certain way, and that was the moment I grew tired of him.
Jamaica KincaidA piece of cloth that is called "linen" has more validity than calling you and me "black" or "negro." "Cotton" has more validity as cotton than yours and my being "black."
Jamaica KincaidNo matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.
Jamaica KincaidBut you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson or George Washington go? Did George Washington go to college? This idea which we now have that people ought to have these credentials is really ridiculous. Where did Homer go to college?
Jamaica Kincaid