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Dorothy Allison Quotes - Page 2

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.117, Open Road Media

stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world.

Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.58, Penguin

I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations.

Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.121, Open Road Media

It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.

Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.119, Univ. Press of Mississippi

The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.

Dorothy Allison, Mae Miller Claxton (2012). “Conversations with Dorothy Allison”, p.73, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Piece by piece, my mother is being stolen from me.

Dorothy Allison (2002). “Trash”, p.43, Penguin

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.

Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.17, Open Road Media