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 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'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.

Creation is everything you do. Make something.

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

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

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

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.

We complain that the world is an ugly place to live and grow

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

...I remain restless and dissatisfied; what I knot with my right hand, I undo with my left, what my left hand creates, my right fist shatters

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention.

Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.

Falling and getting back up is what brings you success.