Nikki Giovanni Quotes

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And if ever i touched a life i hope that life knows
that i know that touching was and still is and will always
be the true
revolution.

Nikki Giovanni
And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

Nikki Giovanni
Writers... I think... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.

Nikki Giovanni
We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

Nikki Giovanni
Nobody mentions how it feels to become a freak
because you have talent and how
no one gives a damn how you feel.

Nikki Giovanni
While I don't ask you to save the world, I do ask you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary, and remove from your life those who offer you despair and disrespect.

Nikki Giovanni
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

Nikki Giovanni
I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.

Nikki Giovanni
Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

Nikki Giovanni
But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

Nikki Giovanni
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Nikki Giovanni
Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive to play.

Nikki Giovanni
Neither of them ever
said what they meant
and i guess nobody ever does.

Nikki Giovanni
The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity. Take away the ability to both work and be proud of it and you can drive anyone insane.

Nikki Giovanni
Childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you're Black.

Nikki Giovanni
I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, Hey, I don't like white people.

Nikki Giovanni
Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.

Nikki Giovanni
I really hope no white person ever has cause
to write about me
because they never understand
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.

Nikki Giovanni