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Quote by Jamaica Kincaid

“The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.”

Work

This book delves into the lives of individuals navigating a treacherous river, examining their struggles and triumphs against the backdrop of a harsh natural landscape. more

Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid is a celebrated novelist known for her distinctive style and poignant storytelling. Born on May 25, 1949, she has made significant contributions to the literary world with her works that often explore themes of identity, colonialism, and the complexities of the human experience. more

“Out of the corner of one eye, I could see my mother. Out of the corner of the other eye, I could see her shadow on the wall, cast there by the lamplight. It was a big and solid shadow, and it looked so much like my mother that I became frightened. For I could not be sure whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world.”

World Bigs Would Be Eye Able Mother Wall Shadow Standing Casts Corners Frightened

Author:Jamaica Kincaid

“This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it is a murder, an erasing, and it is not surprising that when people have felt themselves prey to it (conquest), among their first acts of liberation is to change their names.”

People Firsts Spiritual Names Felt Keys Murder Possession Liberation Thrown Crucial Surprising Conquest Prey Padlocks

Author:Jamaica Kincaid

“An ugly thing, that is what you are when you become a tourist, an ugly, empty thing, a stupid thing, a piece of rubbish pausing here and there to gaze at this and taste that, and it will never occur to you that the people who inhabit the place in which you have just paused cannot stand you.”

People Pieces Stupid Taste Travel Empty Ugly Here And There Tourists Rubbish Stupid Things Pausing Ugly Things

Book:A Small Place

Source: A Small Place

“I write out of defiance.”

Writing Defiance