That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.


Lucy: A Novel (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002) - ISBN: 9781466828858

Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I...

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I...

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I...

That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I...