To read Jamaica Kincaid is to surrender to the spell of an irresistibly evocative voice, …
[…]; this is how to bully a man; this is how a man bullies you; this is how to love a man, and if it doesn’t work there are other ways, and if they don’t work don’t feel too bad about giving up; […]
— At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid (Page 5)