So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.

And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.

...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.