I was just looking at moving to Cambridge, and a house I was looking at cost a million dollars. Because somehow, that's what a house costs. And I was thinking, "How can it be?" And I was thinking, "What am I doing? Am I going to be Niall Ferguson, that horrible man?
Jamaica KincaidSomeone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.
Jamaica KincaidThe sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.
Jamaica KincaidNone of us seem to think that we should draw a line under what would be a satisfactory amount of wealth.
Jamaica KincaidGardeners (or just plain simple writers who write about the garden) always have something they like intensely and in particular, right at the moment you engage them in the reality of the borders they cultivate, the space in the garden they occupy at any moment, they like in particular this, or they like in particular that.
Jamaica Kincaid