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Quotes from The Autobiography of My Mother — Jamaica Kincaid

born 1949 United States

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Who you are is a mystery no one can answer, not even you.

The Autobiography of My Mother (1996)

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

The Autobiography of My Mother (1996)

The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use, I have kept them.

The Autobiography of My Mother (1996)

a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

The Autobiography of My Mother (1996)

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