283 Quotes by Jamaica Kincaid

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    I don't really do anything that isn't about writing, and I don't really know who I am if I'm not thinking about writing.

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    Had the Holocaust happened in Tahiti or the Congo, as it has; had it happened in South America, as it has; had it happened in the West Indies, as it has - you must remember that within fifty years of Columbus's arrival, only the bones remained of the people called the Arawaks, with one or two of them in Spain as specimens. Had the Holocaust committed under the Nazis happened somewhere else, we wouldn't be talking about it the way we talk about it.

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    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!

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    Someone who knew me well once accused me of being unromantic. And that's probably true: I don't trust romance.

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    I'm trying to earn a living in the way that is most enjoyable to me. I love the world of literature, and I hope to support myself in it.

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    I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.

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