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1939–1995 United States
Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade (March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995) was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor.
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"I’m available to any and every adventure of the human breath.”
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.
The Salt Eaters (1980)
There aren't even phrases in the languages for half the things happening just on the block where I live, not yet anyhow.
Certain kinds of poisons, for example-rage, bitterness, revenge-don't need to be in the atmosphere, not to mention in my mouth.
She would not break her discipline to comfort herself in a shallow way. Would no more break discipline with her Self than she would her covenant with God.
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Take away the miseries and you take away some folks’ reason for living. Their conversation piece anyway.
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Silence. Stillness. To give her soul a chance to attend its own affairs at its own level.
The Salt Eaters (1980)
For my own writing, I prefer the upbeat.
“Keep the focus on the action not the institution; don’t confuse the vehicle with the objective; all cocoons are temporary and disappear”
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Then M’Dear Sophie always said, “Find meaning where you’re put, Vee.” So she exhaled deeply and tried to relax and stick it out and pay attention.”
The Salt Eaters (1980)
Then the silence. A whole generation silent
The Salt Eaters (1980)
The greatest challenge in writing, then, in the earlier stages was to strike a balance between candor, honesty, integrity, and truth-terms that are fairly synonomous for crossword puzzlers and thesaurus ramblers but hard to equate as living actions.
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