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Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

Total quotes: 3

Jamaica Kincaid

Birthname

Birthday: May 25, 1949

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: University Teacher, Playwright, Novelist, Writer

Spouse: Allen Shawn

Total quotes: 3

“We held hands once and were beautiful. But what followed? Sleepless nights, oh, sleepless nights.”

— Jamaica Kincaid, "At Last", At the Bottom of the River

Tagged: Intimacy

“I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don’t wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed. I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I’m alone in the world and I’m just sort of abandoned. I’m not fun to be with.”

— Jamaica Kincaid, Lifehack Quotes

Tagged: Loneliness, Isolated

“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.”

— Jamaica Kincaid

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