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I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice.

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Dorothy Allison

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

God, Make Sense, People, World
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. . . I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.

Academy, Church, Distinctions, Lying, Make, Truth

If you just go get one of these little fine arts degrees or writing program degrees, it never forces you to confront your responsibility as narrator, whereas any of the social sciences make you at look the interaction between the storyteller and story.

Art, Confront, Forces, Responsibility, Story, Writing

I don't believe that there is any true friendship without a bond of honor, and the honor in friendship is the respect you give the other that she also gives you.

Believe, Bond, Give, Giving, True, True Friend

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn't a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family.

Betrayer, Different, Sports, Thinking, Understanding, Vision

Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.

Couple, Cups, Gravy, Memories, Simplest, Water
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