There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto-God or history or politics or literature or a belief in the healing power of love, or even righteous anger.... A reason to believe, a way to take the world by the throat and insist that there is more to this life than we have ever imagined.


Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature (ed. Open Road Media, 2013) - ISBN: 9781480426603

Dorothy Allison Quotes

There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto-God or...

There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto-God or...

There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto-God or...

There is a place where we are always alone with our own mortality, where we must simply have something greater than ourselves to hold onto-God or...