Quotes from Anne Spencer

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

He Said... Your garden at dusk Is the soul of love Blurred in its beauty And softly caressing; I, gently daring This sweetest confessing, Say your garden at dusk Is your soul, My Love.

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .