I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the ...
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I was born in 1949, and by the time I was 10, I figured out that my hope chest was not aimed in the same direction everybody else's was. And that life was going to be very, very complicated. And that I could either be provocative and declamatory, or shy, retiring and scared.

The Meaning of This Quote

This quote means that when the speaker was 10 years old, they already realized that their plans for their future might not be the same as the plans their peers had or the plans that their parents and society expected. They understood that life could be difficult, and that they had two options for how to respond: to be confident and outspoken, or to be timid and fearful.

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Dorothy Allison
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