Quotes from Ntozake Shange

i done forgot all abt words aint got no definitions

i got 15 trumpets where other women got hips & a upright bass for both sides of my heart

i found god in myself & i loved her/ i loved her fiercely

You can't fuck somebody into loving you.

Being alive and being a woman is all I got but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet

i want you to know this waz an experiment to see how selfish i cd be if i wd really carry on to snare a possible lover if i waz capable of debasin my self for the love of another if i cd stand not being wanted when i wanted to be wanted & i cannot so with no further assistance & no guidance from you i am endin this affair this note is attached to a plant i've been waterin since the day i met you you may water it yr damn self

rise up fallen fighters unfetter the stars dance with the universe & make it ours

The poems introduce the girls to other kinds of people of color, other worlds. To adventure, and kindness, and cruelty. Cruelty that we usually think we face alone, but we don't. We discover that by sharing with each other we find strength to go on. The poems are the play's first hint of the global misogyny that we women face.