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“... the real heroes of race and culture would always be the people who stepped out of their own line to make a larger circle.”

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Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye is an American poet born on March 12, 1952. Her work blends personal experiences with a wide range of cultural backgrounds, known for its concise and profound language style. more

“Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being taken seriously, but there were still these two people lurking somewhere who in a split second could reduce you to nothing. In their presence, you were a big-headed baby again, crawling instead of walking.”

People World Giving Children Stills Two Bigs Order Taken Position Baby Walking Adults Inevitable Awkward Splits Crawling Lurking Adult Children

Author:Meg Wolitzer

“Guilt is one of those useless emotions I refuse to indulge.”

Emotion Guilt Refuse Useless Indulge

Author:Rosemary Daniell

“A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.”

Said School New York High School South Visiting

Author:Rosemary Daniell

“Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.”

Wells Guilt Glorious

Author:Alice McDermott

“The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.”

Writing Stories

Author:Alice McDermott

“When I'm not writing, I can't make sense of out anything. I feel the need to make some sense and find some order, and writing fiction is the only way I've found that seems to begin to do that.”

Way Needs Feels Writing I Can Seems Order Found Fiction Make Sense Writing Fiction

Author:Alice McDermott

“I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style.”

Writing Hate Style Fronts Computer I Hate Bullets Tedious Dodging Bullets

Author:Kathy Griffin

“A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later.”

Knows Sells Sooner Or Later Good Writers

Book:A Bigamist's Daughter

Source: A Bigamist's Daughter

“The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I'll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze - and he too proud to run and get it.”

Firsts Running Forget Saws Hair Pride Proud Husband First Time Standing Hills My Husband Never Forget Breeze Hair Blowing

Author:Jean Carroll

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