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Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.
Dorothy Allison
Change
Open
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.
Dorothy Allison
Romance
Sister
Books
Growing up
Horror
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Dorothy Allison
Class
Contempt
I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.
Dorothy Allison
Women
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
Dorothy Allison
Love
People
Responsibility
Right
Students
Will
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
Dorothy Allison
Truth
Fiction
Lies
Meaning
Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.
Dorothy Allison
World
Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.
Dorothy Allison
Class
Gender
Race
Sexuality