Author: Jamaica Kincaid

Quotes

When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables.

When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables.

- Jamaica Kincaid

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.

- Jamaica Kincaid

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.

- Jamaica Kincaid

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

- Jamaica Kincaid

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