Nikki Giovanni - Love Quotes

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I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.

Nikki Giovanni

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

Nikki Giovanni

Most of us love from our need to love not
because we find someone deserving.

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

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

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

It's a sex object if you're pretty
and no love
or love and no sex if you're fat

Nikki Giovanni

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.

Nikki Giovanni

We love because it's the only true adventure.

Nikki Giovanni