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> [Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/being-alive-and-being-a-woman-is-all-i-got-but-being-colored-is-a/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

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> [“but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet/ do you see the point my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender/ my love is too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/but-bein-alive-bein-a-woman-bein-colored-is-a-metaphysical-dilemma-i/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

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## Other authors on Dilemma

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## More by Ntozake Shange

> [My characters don't talk necessarily in a normal American way of talking. They talk a little different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/my-characters-don-t-talk-necessarily-in-a-normal-american-way-of/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [It still amazes and fascinates me that women of color have kept my work alive for these many generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/it-still-amazes-and-fascinates-me-that-women-of-color-have-kept-my/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/i-write-for-young-girls-of-color-for-girls-who-don-t-even-exist-yet/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [My family moved around a lot, so I don't have any friends that I had all my life, but I did have annual trips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/my-family-moved-around-a-lot-so-i-don-t-have-any-friends-that-i-had/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [Creation is everything you do. Make something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/creation-is-everything-you-do-make-something/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [Where there is a woman there is magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/where-there-is-a-woman-there-is-magic/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [i usedta live in the world really be in the world free & sweet talkin good mornin & thank-you & nice day uh huh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/i-usedta-live-in-the-world-really-be-in-the-world-free-sweet-talkin/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/the-slaves-who-were-ourselves-had-known-terror-intimately-confused/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in contemporary novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/white-people-use-their-literature-to-maintain-culture-that-s-why-you/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [Multiculturalism isn't about culture, it's about power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/multiculturalism-isn-t-about-culture-it-s-about-power/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [Art gives us the opportunity to have clarity as well as hope that we might be able to survive a situation, or hope that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/art-gives-us-the-opportunity-to-have-clarity-as-well-as-hope-that-we/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/i-think-art-is-a-healing-force-and-if-we-give-in-to-the-joy-that-can/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/being-alive-and-being-a-woman-is-all-i-got-but-being-colored-is-a/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [When I die, I will no be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/when-i-die-i-will-no-be-guilty-of-having-left-a-generation-of-girls/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

> [I had - there were three strokes, and I lost my ability to read and write and speak, and it really put me by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ntozake-shange/i-had-there-were-three-strokes-and-i-lost-my-ability-to-read-and/)

[Ntozake Shange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ntozake-shange/)

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