Author: Jamaica Kincaid

Quotes

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

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

- Jamaica Kincaid

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

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

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