Michelle Cliff Quotes

In America: Each Year The Day Before School After Summer Vacation I Sat On My Bed Touching My Notebooks, Pencils, Ruler-holding The Stern And Sweet Smelling Brown Oxfords In My Lap And Spreading My Skirt And Blouse And Underwear And Socks Before Me. My Mother Would Come In And Always Say The Same Thing: "Free Paper Burn Now."
Such Words Conspire To Make A Past.
Such Words Conjure A Knowledge.
Such Words Make Assimilation Impossible. They Stay With You For Years. They Puzzle But You Sense A Significance. I Need These Words.

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