Sonia Sanchez Quotes
I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.
The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.
All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'
No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.
And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.
The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.
... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.
So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.
Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.
The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.
I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.
I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.
the first day i shot dope was on a sunday. i had just come home from church got mad at my mother cuz she got mad at me. u dig?
