Bella Book

“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
― Lucille Clifton

“One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.”
― Pauli Murray

“What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more than persistent endeavor.”
― Pauli Murray

“And while I could not always suppress the violent thoughts that raged inside me, I would nevertheless dedicate my life to seeking alternatives to physical violence, and would wrestle continually with the problem of transforming psychicviolence into creative energy”
― Pauli Murray, Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage