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Quotes from A Small Place — Jamaica Kincaid

born 1949 United States

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I now see that good behaviour is the proper posture of the weak, of children.

A Small Place (1988)

Isn’t that the last straw; for not only did we have to suffer the unspeakableness of slavery, but the satisfaction to be had from “We made you bastards rich” is taken away, too.

A Small Place (1988)

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