Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me … - Gloria Naylor

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Some one has said that we are moving so fast that when plans are being made to perform some great feat, these plans are broken into by a youth who enters and says, “I have done it.

Gloria Naylor

Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the world, there was no stopping me.

Alphabet, Connecting, Led, Stopping, Unlocked, World

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Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

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I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

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There is a problem in America. An Irish or Polish American can write a story and it's an American story. When a Black American writes a story, it's called a Black story. I take exception to that. Every artist has articulated to his own experience. The problem is that some people do not see Blacks as Americans.

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A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.

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Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

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