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10 quotes by Alexandra Fuller

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Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had... →

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There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in... →

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One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made you quite... →

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The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all... →

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I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

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I listen mostly to classical music.

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I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

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In general, I almost always watch foreign films.

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In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.

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I am becoming increasingly difficult to please as a reader, but I adore being surprised by a really wonderful book, written by someone I've never... →

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