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.
Sonia Sanchez... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.
Sonia SanchezAnd I criedโฆ for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.
Sonia SanchezThe joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think it's the greatest art.
Sonia Sanchez