Jamaica Kincaid Quotes

I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.

Walt Handelsman
- Work
- Job
- Hard Work
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.

Maelle Gavet
- Good
- Fantasy
- Only
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.

Salman Rushdie
I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

Sacha Guitry
- Men
- Women
- Trying
My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.

Hamish Bowles
- Family
- Mother
- Sister
In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for boys because of who they actually were, or at least who I thought they might become.

J. Courtney Sullivan
- Long
- School
- High