Nikki Giovanni - Person Quotes

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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

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

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

Nikki Giovanni

And He Said: you pretty full of yourself ain't chu
So She Replied: show me someone not full of herself
and i'll show you a hungry person.

Nikki Giovanni

You know a person is having a severe personality crisis if you see a high school class ring on a finger beyond the first semester in college. Male or female. It's a big sign saying nothing has mattered to my life since senior year.

Nikki Giovanni