Dorothy Allison Quote

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself completely did I become capable of giving myself to another, of finding joy in desire, pleasure in our love, power in this body no one else owns.


Two or Three Things I Know for Sure (ed. Penguin, 1996) - ISBN: 9781101127988


Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself...

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself...

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself...

Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself...