Nikki Giovanni Quotes

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

We love because it is the only true adventure.

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts.

Today I am 65 years old. I still look good. I appreciate and enjoy my age. A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. You still bring to bear all your prior experience, but you are riding on another level. It's completely liberating.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.

His headstone saidFREE AT LAST, FREE AT LASTBut death is a slave's freedomWe seek the freedom of free menAnd the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence

I appreciate my my sleep In sleep my conversation is witty My home is dusted My office work is up to date The dog is even well behaved And food is on the table on timeBut then when I'm asleep I don't have you to clutter and confuseMy hungry heart