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“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
“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
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
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“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
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