Dorothy Allison - Class Quotes

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I put on the page a third look at what I've seen in life — the reinvented experience of a cross-eyed working-class lesbian, addicted to violence, language and hope, who has made the decision to live, is determined to live, on the page and on the street, for me and mine.

Dorothy Allison

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

Dorothy Allison

The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and communities depends on the oppression of others, that for some to have good lives there must be others whose lives are truncated and brutal.

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.

Dorothy Allison