"Perhaps she was both child and woman, darkness and light, past and present, life and death - all the opposites contained and reconciled in her."

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Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.97, Feminist Press at CUNY

Paule Marshall

#Children Quotes #Past Quotes #Light Quotes

“There are certain things that cannot be adequately explained to a virgin either by words or pictures.”
“People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.”
“I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.”
“Your life is on the line, practice well.”
“These are economic issues that should get resolved. There are creative solutions to every problem. Hopefully between the lending institutions and the city, we'll be able to find creative solutions.”
“The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.”
“Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.”

Source : Irving Kristol (1983). “Reflections of a neoconservative: looking back, looking ahead”, Basic Books (AZ)
“Woman is at once apple and serpent.”

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