Quotes from Nikki Giovanni

Everybody that loves freedom loves Harriet Tubman because she was determined not only to be free, but to make free as many people as she could.

I am so hip even my errors are correct

[My] Books are like puppies and children: you love each one for different reasons. I don't actually have a favorite because, if I were honest, I'm always more excited about what is coming.

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.

We need to make sure our children travel to see things. Not necessarily long distances but at least out of the neighborhood. On a train. A boat. An airplane.

We obviously need the truth. We're living in a country of lies.

Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

We are all either wheels or connectors. Whichever we are we must find truth and balance, which is a bicycle. Trust and balance are also essential to true love.

The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.

When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given him your love.

If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

My dream is a red dress Above my knees High-heel red sandals And me coming over the top The music booming Hi Howie I will say With a lovely smile I don't want to play the game I want to be it.

If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.

and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.

We love because it is the only true adventure.

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

Don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak.

There are things you stand up for because it's right.

I grow old though pleased with my memories The tasks I can no longer complete Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past I offer no apology only this plea: When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt That I might keep some child warm And some old person with no one else to talk to Will hear my whispers And cuddle near

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.