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Terry McMillan is a renowned American author known for her profound portrayals of the lives of modern African American women. Her works often focus on family, love, and racial issues, and are highly appreciated by readers.

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Famous Terry McMillan Quotes

“Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.”

Sometimes Used Doctors Cheat Scratches

Book:Who Asked You?

Source: Who Asked You?

“I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.”

Littles Sometimes Three Reading Four Tedious

Author:Terry McMillan

“People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.”

People Needs Self Sometimes

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“Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.”

People Thinking Knows Children Sometimes Whole Parent Know How Behavior Raises Blame Ruins Paradox Learned Behavior

Author:Terry McMillan

“What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.”

People Knows Sometimes

Book:Getting to Happy

Source: Getting to Happy

About the Author

Born: October 18, 1951
Known for: Author
Quotes: 76

Books & Sources

Getting to HappyRelated source material

The Interruption of EverythingRelated source material

Disappearing ActsRelated source material

Waiting to ExhaleRelated source material

Who Asked You?Related source material

A Day Late and a Dollar ShortRelated source material

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