Dorothy Allison

Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.