Alison Mills Newman > Quotes

“i was willin. i neva said i was willin but i was. maybe you don't need money to get love or keep it. maybe you need to know when to open your mouth and when to keep it shut. but i got a good mind to go up there and kick his big black ass for leavin me down here in all this heat and smog by my own self. but i won't --- yes i will ... oh shit!”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“i mean i woke up at eleven this mornin, after layin around rollin round, tossin and turnin round with this friend of mine. me.”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“i existed before the media pretended to discover me. black people existed before black people discovered themselves. my beauty existed before the white man commercialized it, or bought it, and it will exist long after the black man has woken up out of this western nightmare.”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“On ne peut pas être tout pour tout le monde, on finit par n'être rien pour personne.”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“lovas will leave each otha to love foreva, and if i am patient i will learn to wait and know when to fight.”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“i wanted some more guacamole and asked the waiter to bring me some. he said i already had two bowls. yes but they are empty bowls, and i would like some more please ...”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco

“i do not believe all that grinnin was weakness. i am positive some of it was a strength a magic all its own, a genius within our race. for we multiplied, we didn't use the gun all the time, but we did if we had to, sometimes we played a part. i can't figure out all this mess, all i know is i cannot deny the places from which i come. i accept them, and try to learn, grow and expand myself further.”
― Alison Mills Newman, Francisco