“The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”
― The Ballad of the White Horse
For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”
― The Ballad of the White Horse
“one thing I don’t need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
“Women Are Not Roses
Women have no
beginning
only continual
flows.
Though rivers flow
women are not
rivers.
Women are not
roses
they are not oceans
or stars.
i would like to tell
her this but
i think she
already knows.”
― Women Are Not Roses
Women have no
beginning
only continual
flows.
Though rivers flow
women are not
rivers.
Women are not
roses
they are not oceans
or stars.
i would like to tell
her this but
i think she
already knows.”
― Women Are Not Roses
“In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.”
― Tigana
― Tigana
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