Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ntozake Shange Quotes: Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.
         

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


Ntozake Shange
Check all other quotes by Ntozake Shange

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ntozake Shange Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Being-alive-and-being-a-woman-is-931879>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ntozake Shange


i found god in myself and i loved her i loved her fiercely

i found god in myself and i loved her i loved her fiercely



I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.



I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.

I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.



Where there is a woman there is magic.

Where there is a woman there is magic.



Creation is everything you do. Make something.

Creation is everything you do. Make something.



my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender

my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender



Right now being born a girl is to be born threatened.

Right now being born a girl is to be born threatened.



I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over everybody who got their feet on the ground.

I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over everybody who got their feet on the ground.



When I die, I will no be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.

When I die, I will no be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.



our dreams draw blood from old sores.

our dreams draw blood from old sores.





Other quotes you may like


Do you have plans or dreams? Why not have both?

Do you have plans or dreams? Why not have both?



When you're in the safety of the future, the past doesn't seem so relevant.

When you're in the safety of the future, the past doesn't seem so relevant.




Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.

Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.



We are the arbiters of our destiny.

We are the arbiters of our destiny.



Don't hate me because I can't remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.

Don't hate me because I can't remember some person immediately. Especially when they look like everybody else, and talk and dress and act like everybody else.



Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.

Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.



I'm try-sexual. I try anything that's sexual.

I'm try-sexual. I try anything that's sexual.



A guy walks into a pub with a lump of asphalt on His shoulder, He says to the bar man give us a pint and one for the road.

A guy walks into a pub with a lump of asphalt on His shoulder, He says to the bar man give us a pint and one for the road.



Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.

Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.". Author of this quote is Ntozake Shange. This quote is about being a woman, women, feminist, dilemma, metaphysical, alive, african american,.