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> [The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/the-most-fundamental-truth-to-be-told-in-any-art-form-as-far-as/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

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## More by Sonia Sanchez

> [I probably have not killed anyone in America because I write, I've maintained good controls over myself by writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/i-probably-have-not-killed-anyone-in-america-because-i-write-i-ve/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [...I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/i-write-to-keep-in-contact-with-our-ancestors-and-to-spread-truth-to/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [The words loved me and I loved them in return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/the-words-loved-me-and-i-loved-them-in-return/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [What I'm trying to do is to tell young people that I teach them how to breathe before I teach the haiku. That one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/what-i-m-trying-to-do-is-to-tell-young-people-that-i-teach-them-how/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [... in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. Love, sacrifice, and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/in-order-to-be-a-true-revolutionary-you-must-understand-love-love/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [And I cried… for all of the women who stretched their bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/and-i-cried-for-all-of-the-women-who-stretched-their-bodies-for/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [So much of growing up is an unbearable waiting. A constant longing for another time. Another season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/so-much-of-growing-up-is-an-unbearable-waiting-a-constant-longing-for/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/what-i-need-is-traveling-minds-talktouch-kisses-spittouch-you/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/you-can-t-have-relationships-with-other-people-until-you-give-birth/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The colour of your words saying, Let her be. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/i-still-hear-you-humming-mama-the-colour-of-your-song-calls-me-home/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/zora-neale-hurston-said-fear-is-the-greatest-emotion-and-i-said-no-my/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/no-don-t-never-go-looking-for-love-girl-just-wait-it-ll-come-like-the/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [Poetry is subconscious conversation, it is as much the work of those who understand it and those who make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/poetry-is-subconscious-conversation-it-is-as-much-the-work-of-those/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [“It is essential that we always repeat: we the people, we the people, we the people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/it-is-essential-that-we-always-repeat-we-the-people-we-the-people-we/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

> [The joy of poetry is that it will wait for you. Novels don't wait for you. Characters change. But poetry will wait. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sanchez/the-joy-of-poetry-is-that-it-will-wait-for-you-novels-don-t-wait-for/)

[Sonia Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sanchez/)

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