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> [“I love science, current affairs, engines, bikes,lipsticks, human behaviour”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-love-science-current-affairs-engines-bikes-lipsticks-human-behaviour/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/malebo-sephodi-10620_bikes_i-love-science-current-affairs-engines-b_104950.jpg)

> [“do you hear them? they sing like their hearts might burst the trees sift their tunes weaving a sacred dialogue between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/do-you-hear-them-they-sing-like-their-hearts-might-burst-the-trees/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/malebo-sephodi-10620_black-woman_do-you-hear-them-they-sing-like-their-he_282510.jpg)

> [“I am art. I am authentic. I am love. I am me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-am-art-i-am-authentic-i-am-love-i-am-me/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/malebo-sephodi-10620_art_i-am-art-i-am-authentic-i-am-love-i-am-m_901867.jpg)

> [“We should, at all times, insist that we belong to ourselves and have the agency to make decisions about our own lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/we-should-at-all-times-insist-that-we-belong-to-ourselves-and-have/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

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> [“Expand! You are not small. Your Foremothers did not do what they did so you could occupy small!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/expand-you-are-not-small-your-foremothers-did-not-do-what-they-did-so/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/malebo-sephodi-10620_black-woman_expand-you-are-not-small-your-foremother_2132011.jpg)

> [“To misbehave us to denounce the social norms that limit individuals based on who they are. That to make history is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/to-misbehave-us-to-denounce-the-social-norms-that-limit-individuals/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/malebo-sephodi-10620_african-feminism_to-misbehave-us-to-denounce-the-social-n_2372592.jpg)

> [“Look within - there is no end!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/look-within-there-is-no-end/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/malebo-sephodi-10620_art_look-within-there-is-no-end-2515213_2515213.jpg)

## Other authors on Black-woman

- [Stephanie Lahart 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-woman/stephanie-lahart/)

## More by Malebo Sephodi

> [“It is traumatic to find out that so much of what you have been taught to believe and stand for is actually used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/it-is-traumatic-to-find-out-that-so-much-of-what-you-have-been-taught/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“I love science, current affairs, engines, bikes,lipsticks, human behaviour”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-love-science-current-affairs-engines-bikes-lipsticks-human-behaviour/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“Each chapter in MissBehave is about navigating life as a black woman and all encounters that led me to espouse feminist ideals”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/each-chapter-in-missbehave-is-about-navigating-life-as-a-black-woman/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“Yes I am aware of the rules. Yes I can totally see how I err the Queen. Yes it is this very fact of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/yes-i-am-aware-of-the-rules-yes-i-can-totally-see-how-i-err-the-queen/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“In being everything for everyone, when am I anything for myself?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/in-being-everything-for-everyone-when-am-i-anything-for-myself/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“And that makes us (black women) feel like we have spokespeople, because everybody we encounter feels they have a piece of you and can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/and-that-makes-us-black-women-feel-like-we-have-spokespeople-because/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“do you hear them? they sing like their hearts might burst the trees sift their tunes weaving a sacred dialogue between the land and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/do-you-hear-them-they-sing-like-their-hearts-might-burst-the-trees/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“we take pictures and videos as love letters to our future selves - reminders of who we are, where we've been and what we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/we-take-pictures-and-videos-as-love-letters-to-our-future-selves/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“in pursuit of that glorious healing - until then, i’m a whirlwind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/in-pursuit-of-that-glorious-healing-until-then-i-m-a-whirlwind/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“There is plenty of work that needs to be done by men to dismantle patriarchy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/there-is-plenty-of-work-that-needs-to-be-done-by-men-to-dismantle/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“The manner in which the exclusionary nature of the English language is used in knowledge prodution separates us as humans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/the-manner-in-which-the-exclusionary-nature-of-the-english-language/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/through-miss-behave-i-am-attempting-to-reclaim-my-voice-one-word-at-a/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“I want to live in a society where we are all liberated. This is what my feminism looks like”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-want-to-live-in-a-society-where-we-are-all-liberated-this-is-what/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“I am made of words. This is not what I do. It is what I am.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-am-made-of-words-this-is-not-what-i-do-it-is-what-i-am/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

> [“Storytelling, independent of literary rules and grammar conventions, is the ability to build, play, experiment, sculpt, weave with words, sounds, texture and silence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/storytelling-independent-of-literary-rules-and-grammar-conventions-is/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

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