Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor
Gloria Nayloris an American novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 January 1950
CountryUnited States of America
since
Lord keep her safe since you can't keep her sane.
american-novelist believe life supposed
I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.
felt willing wrote
I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.
began cars follow past people privacy realize reason road
I realize at one point, that I was being followed, and then I began to see the surveillance that was going past the road on my house. And so, these cars began to surveil me. People began to follow me around, and it did, it was very disrupting to think that your privacy was being violated, and for no reason that I could come up with.
edge hanging planet spots though unless
Even though the planet is round, there are just too many spots where you can find yourself hanging on to the edge just like I was; and unless there's some space, some place, to take a breather for awhile, the edge of the world - frightening as it is
arrived began body spirit
It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body - an overwhelming sense of calm...I actually began to feel blessed.
again call happened
It ain't really what you'd call change. It's all happened before and it'll happen again with a different set of facts.
against becoming entire life natural race
His entire life was becoming a race against the natural -- and he was winning.
world alphabet stopping
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.
beautiful hair black
black isn't beautiful and it isn't ugly - black is! It's not kinky hair and it's not straight hair - it just is.
pain smart people
They all trying to say something with music that you can't say with plain talk. There ain't really no words for love or pain. And the way I see it, only fools go around trying to talk their love or talk their pain. So the smart people make music and you can kinda hear about it without them saying anything.
knowing lasts firsts
The last time you're doing something - knowing you're doing it for the last - makes it even more alive than the first.
powerful reality myth
A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.
years funny-things mind
Time is a funny thing. I was always puzzled with the way a single day could stretch itself out to the point of eternity in your mind, all while years melted down into the fraction of a second.