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Dorothy Allison Quotes

1949–2024 United States

Dorothy Allison (April 11, 1949 – November 6, 2024) was an American lesbian writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina.

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I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.

I want to write a great book — I want to make a difference — I want to have adventures and take enormous risks and be everything they say we are and not give a damn what anyone says.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dorothy Allison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.