Gardeners (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 KincaidThe space between the idea of something and its reality is always wide and deep and dark. The longer they are kept apartโidea of thing, reality of thingโthe wider the width, the deeper the depth, the thicker and darker the darkness.
Jamaica KincaidWhat distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
Jamaica KincaidI come from the small island of Antigua and I always wanted to write; I just didn't know that it was possible.
Jamaica Kincaid