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“I kneel into a dream where I am good & loved. I am good. I am loved. My hands have made some good mistakes. They can always make better ones.”
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
― Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines
“Never suffer because you don't have an opinion on this or that topic. Never suffer because you are not something or because you are.”
― Near to the Wild Heart
― Near to the Wild Heart
“The courage to be something other than what one is, to give birth to oneself, and to leave one’s former body on the ground. And without having answered to anyone about whether it was worthwhile.”
― The Complete Stories
― The Complete Stories
“The idealized woman becomes property, symbol, and ornament; she is stripped of her essential human qualities. The devalued woman becomes a different kind of object; she is the spittoon in which men release their negative anti-woman feelings.”
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
“There was the low-toned and simple voice of the human being Djuna saying: I want love. There was the voice of the artist in Djuna saying: I will create the marvelous. Why should such wishes conflict with each other, or annihilate each other?”
― Children of the Albatross
― Children of the Albatross
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