Quotes by : Ntozake Shange

i found god in myselfand i loved heri loved her fiercely

Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been....

i'm only human, & inadequacy is what makes us human, & if we was perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive....

i done forgot all abt wordsaint got no definitions

i found god in myself& i loved her/ i loved her fiercely

I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One....

Our society allows people to be absolutely neurotic and totally out of touch with their feelings and....

one thing I don’t needis any more apologiesi got sorry greetin me at my front dooryou can keep yrsi....

but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysicaldilemma/ i havent conquered yet/ do you....

The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference....

i am really colored & really sad sometimes & you hurt memore than i ever danced outta/ i am ready to....